Sacred Collection

goddess offering lotus flower and gifts to Buddha

The oldest known surviving example of the icon of Christ Pantocrator was painted in encaustic on panel in the sixth or seventh century

Picture of Hindu gods Laksman, Rama, Sita and Hanuman, India, Asia

Picture of Hindu goddesses Parvati, Lakshmi and Saraswati, India, Asia

Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life in Norse mythology
Yggdrasil (Yggdrasill), the sacred ash, the Tree of Life, the Mundane Tree of Norse mythology, whose branches overhang the Universe

Picture of Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and consort of Lord Vishnu, sitting holding lotus flowers, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, snow-capped sacred Mount Kailash, or Gang Rinpoche, pilgrims trail, Kora, Ngari, Gang-Tise Mountains, Transhimalaja, Himalaja, Western Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region

Statue of the Hindu goddess Annapurna (Parvati) giving food, Lakshman temple, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India, Asia

Picture of Hindu gods Krishna and Rada, India, Asia

Picture of Hindu goddess Durga, India, Asia

Yggdrasil, the Tree of Life in Norse mythology
Yggdrasil (Yggdrasill), the sacred ash, the Tree of Life, the Mundane Tree of Norse mythology, whose branches overhang the Universe

Picture of Hindu gods Ganesh, Ayappa and Subramania, India, Asia

Picture of Hindu gods Visnu and Lakshmi, India, Asia

Jews crossing the Jordan River with the Ark of the Covenant
Hebrews carrying the Ark of the Covenant across the Jordan River into the Promised Land. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Sacred Heart of Jesus
Jesus holds his sacred heart in one hand, raises a pointing finger with the other, warning you not to misbehave

Jesus / Sacred Heart
The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Candide Thovex out of nowhere into nowhere
Tristan Shu

"Muckross Abbey - Tree of Life"
The Franciscan friary of Irrelagh, known as "Muckross Abbey" was founded for the Observatine Franciscans about 1448, by Daniel McCarthy Mor

Tribute to Escher
Jacek Stefan

Trundholm Sun Chariot
The Trundholm Sun Chariot is a late Nordic branze Age artifact discovered in Denmark that has been interpreted as a dispiction of the sun being pulled by a mare that may have relation to later Norse

The Golden Temple, Amritsar, 1913
In the water of immortality: the heart of the Sikh religion

The Art Deco statue of Jesus, known as Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer), on Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Coronation 1937 - cutaway of Westminster Abbey
Magnificent, highly detailed cutaway illustration of Westminster Abbey

St Boniface / Sacred Oak
SAINT BONIFACE (Wynfryth, of Crediton) Bishop of Mainz, missionary and martyr in Germany, destroying the sacred oak of an ancient German god

Shwedagon Pagoda before sunrise, Yangon, Myanmar
Shwedagon Pagoda officially named Shwedagon Zedi Daw and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar

Joseph interpreting the Pharaohs Dream. Genesis 41: 25-26. 1
Joseph interpreting the Pharaohs Dream. Genesis 41:25-26. 19th century. Colored engraving. Historia de la Naciones

General view of Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, USA
General view of Los Gatos, Santa Clara County, California, USA, with the Novitiate of the Sacred Heart (Jesuit vineyard) in the foreground. Date: circa 1906

Egypt, Cairo, Giza, View of all three Great Pyramids at sunset

Druid carrying mistletoe and a sickle. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Coleridge - Kubla Khan
Kubla Khan A Vison in a dream.. - In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree: where Alph the sacred river ran through caverns measureless to man

Oracle of Zeus, Dodona
ZEUS / JUPITER DODONEUS whose oracle at Dodona was the oldest in Greece : the prophecies came from the sacred oak, which is depicted here as having human form

Egyptian Art. Relief depicting a bee, symbol of Lower Egypt
Egyptian Art. The Karnak Temple Complex. Relief depicting a bee, symbol of Lower Egypt. New Kingdom. Egypt

Mosaic with arab and kufic caligraphy (top) on a wall of the Madrasa. Fes. Morocco

Lalish capital of the Kurdish sect of the Yazidis in Iraq Kurdistan

Machu Picchu, Peru

Daily Sketch front cover - 1953 Coronation
Front cover of the Daily Sketch magazine from June 3rd 1953

Druids collecting sacred mistletoe
Druid ceremony gathering mistletoe in the forest. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Buddha statue in grotto, Tanzhe Temple, Beijing, China, Asia

Jews Study Talmud
Jews studying the Talmud, a compilation of ancient Jewish law and tradition : probably in the Netherlands

Saint Teresa (Anon)
SAINT TERESA OF AVILA depicted enraptured in contemplation of the sacred heart of Jesus : her own heart is bleeding due to being pierced by an arrow

St. Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire. A sacred site from ancient times, Benedictine monks built an abbey in St. Albans memory. Later rebuilt by the Normans. Date: 1930s

Datatreya image, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India, Asia

Badoit Discovered
A druidess of Ancient Gaul, holding the sacred mistletoe, reveals to a group of warriors the spring which to this day gives us naturally sparkling BADOIT MINERAL WATER

Carmarthen Ancient Oak
An ancient oak tree in the centre of Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, which some believe was the birthplace of Merlin

Yak train approaches Tarboche, prayer flag pole in Lha Chu canyon, on the kora round sacred mountain, Mount Kailas (Kailash), Tibet, China, Asia

Parsifal - Liebig 6
Act three : Parsifal heals Amfortas with the sacred Spear

ALACOQUEs VISION 1675
Marguerite-Marie Alacoque has her fourth (and last) vision of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, at Paray-le-Mondial, France : this will lead to the Catholic cult of the Sacre Coeur

St. Peters Square, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Mosaic of Jesus blessing and holding the Bible, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Transition of St Joseph painter Matteo Chiarelli 18th Century Chapel of the confraternity of St Joseph Primatial Metropolitan

The Sacred Heart of Jesus, 19th Century (colour litho)
942919 The Sacred Heart of Jesus, 19th Century (colour litho) by French School

Rooftops Stoke
Looking over rooftops and chimneys of hillside terraced houses towards The Sacred Heart Church, Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England. Holy Trinity Church, Hartshill in the distance

United Kingdom, England, Somerset, Glastonbury, St. Michaels Church Tower on Glastonbury Tor

Temple of Vesta. Rome. Italy
Italy. Rome. Temple of Vesta. Roman Forum

Interior of Golden Temple at Amritsar, 1858
Interior of the Golden Temple at Amritsar, India (spelt here as Umritzir), 1858. Gurus reading the Grunt h (or Granth)

Yosemite chapel in winter, Yosemite National Park, California USA

Egypt, Luxor, Karnak Temple, Temple of Amun & Sacred Lake

Israel. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa with the Arch of Ecce Homo
Israel. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa. Street of Old City, which traditionally Jesus walked carrying the cross, way to his crucifixion. Arch of Ecce Homo. 2nd Station

Old temple ruins with giant tree roots, Angkor Wat
Old temple ruins with giant tree roots. Ta Prohm temple, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Karbala, Iraq. Satellite image of Karbala, the capital city of the Al Karbala province, Iraq. Shi a Muslims consider it to be one of the holiest places in the world

Medina, Saudi Arabia - Hajj Pilgrimage - Sacred Carpet
Medina, Saudi Arabia - Hajj Pilgrimage - The Guard of Honour and Custodians of the Sacred Carpet Date: circa 1905

Scarab beetles
The largest shown here, (Scarabaeus sacer), was regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt. Today the species are important to agriculture for their dung burying activities

INDIA: GOLDEN TEMPLE, 1858. View of the sacred tank and marble causeway leading to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, India. Line engraving, English, 1858

Coronation 1937 - The Anointing
The Anointing Ceremony during the Coronation of King George VI, which precedes the crowning

Picture of Hindu god Subramania, India, Asia

Sacred rock paintings on cliff depicting Dogon customs and stories in Songo, Dogon Country, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mali, West Africa, Africa

Llamas and an over look of Machu Picchu, ancient ruins, UNESCO world heritage site, Peru, South America

Marys Heart
Mary displays her sacred heart, which is transfixed by a dagger to symbolise her sorrow, but is ringed with roses and emits flames to symbolise her joys

Coventinas well (Roman) Carrawborough, Northumberland Date: 1893

Austria, Melk monastery, Church of the Abbey, Wachau Valley

Florianibrunnen fountain with statue of St Florian, Florianiplatz square, historic district of Bad Reichenhall, Berchtesgadener Land district, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

White Elephant Siam
The White Elephant is sacred in Siam / Thailand

Oxford Travel Art
Taudalpoi

Devotees pray with light
Azim Khan Ronnie

Devotional rosaries in the hands of the wooden statue of Mary. Abruzzo, Italy

St Winefrides Well Shrine in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, 15th December 1949

Sunrise over the temples of Bagan, Myanmar

JONAH (783-743 BC). Minor Prophet in the Old
" JONAH (783-743 BC). Minor Prophet in the Old Testament. Jonah on the beach. Illustration from " Sacred Bible" of Martin Luther. Edition printed in Franckfurt in 1704. Engraving."

Israel / Jordan 1902
A group of Christians - Orthodox, judging by the priests vestments - receive baptism in the sacred river where Jesus himself was baptised by John Date: 1902

The black basalt lava stone cathedral. The La Galeote hotel. L Herault river. Agde town. Languedoc. France. Europe. St Etienne cathedral from the 12 century

The sacred trireme arrives at Tyre
Arrival at Tyre of the Athenian ambassadors in the sacred trireme, Paralos. They travelled to pledge anew the loyalty of Athens to Alexander the Great. 331BC

Poster advertising Budh Gaya, India
Poster advertising India and the Budh Gaya, or Bodh Gaya, a famous place of Buddhist pilgrimage

Odin Seeks Wisdom
Odin/Wotan seeks the wisdom of the ages from Mimir, an old giant who guards the sacred fountain of knowledge

Castlerigg Stone Circle, Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England

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"Sacred: A Tapestry of Divine Beliefs and Spiritual Traditions" Embark on a journey through the ethereal realms of sacredness, where ancient myths intertwine with devout faiths. In this captivating collection of images, we witness the profound reverence bestowed upon deities from various cultures across Asia. The picture reveals an enchanting scene depicting Hindu gods Laksman, Rama, Sita, and Hanuman. Their divine presence radiates wisdom and protection as they stand united in their eternal bond. The vibrant colors and intricate details reflect the devotion that millions hold for these revered figures. Moving forward, we encounter goddesses Parvati, Lakshmi, and Saraswati gracefully adorning another image. Each embodying unique qualities - Parvati's nurturing nature, Lakshmi's abundance of wealth and prosperity, Saraswati's wisdom in arts and knowledge - they symbolize feminine power at its purest form. A statue captures the essence of Annapurna (Parvati), who selflessly provides nourishment to all beings. This depiction reminds us to appreciate the bountiful gifts bestowed upon us by Mother Earth while inspiring gratitude for sustenance received. Lakshmi sits serenely amidst lotus flowers; her tranquil demeanor represents inner peace attained through spiritual enlightenment. As the consort of Lord Vishnu – guardian of cosmic balance – she embodies wealth not only in material possessions but also in spiritual richness. In Norse mythology stands Yggdrasil - the Tree of Life connecting different realms within existence itself. Its branches reach towards celestial heights while its roots delve deep into earthly foundations—a powerful symbol reminding us that all life is interconnected. Another glimpse takes us to India once more where Krishna and Rada share an everlasting love story transcending time itself. Their divine union serves as a reminder that love knows no boundaries or limitations when guided by spirituality.