The color of Buddhism is impressive throughout Asia

Photographer Jeremy Homer pilgrims through 16 Buddhist countries record vividly impressive images.

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Monks gathered for candle procession during the ordination of new monks at Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a temple north of Bangkok, Thailand.This is the mecca of the Dhammakaya movement, a Buddhist sect formed in the 1970s, led by a monk named Phra Dhammachayo.

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Lightning strikes the sky covering the Potala palace during a storm in Lhasa.It used to be the winter residence of the Dalai Lama.

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A monk is praying at one of thousands of temples in Amarapura, a city once the capital of Myanmar.

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A monk next to the famous Golden Stone.It is rumored that a hair of Buddha is the one that kept the stone that seemed to break all of this gravity principle firmly standing on the edge of the unsteady mountain.

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Monks at the Gelugpa Buddhist School in Tibet, their distinctive yellow hat and wait outside the main prayer hall of Labrang monastery.

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Two Shaolin monks in Zhengzhou, China are practicing kung fu.

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A pilgrim stopped praying as the crowd of monks gathered outside the main hall of Labrang monastery.Founded in 1709, Labrang was once home to more than 4,000 monks, but currently only 1,500 monks.

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Image of Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar.It is rumored that this is the oldest temple tower in the world, 2600 years old.

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Collectors cross the U Bein bridge, crossing Taungthaman Lake near Amarapura, Myanmar.The first tree built in 1850 is said to be the world's longest and oldest teak bridge.

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A monk touches a giant Buddha statue at Wat Si Chum Temple, Thailand.

Picture 11 of The color of Buddhism is impressive throughout Asia In bright red robes, the monks returned to pray after the break in the Semtokha monastery near Thimphu, Bhutan.

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The temples are hidden in the mist on the Irawaddy River, Bagan, an ancient city in Myanmar.