Sacred Places
An investigation into ancient and contemporary sacred places of worship and pilgrimage contrasting some of the rituals associated with the richness of different beliefs systems and their expressions.













































Spirit house, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Temple in a tent, Kumbh Mela, Allahbad, India

Church statues, kerela, India

Burning Ghats, cremation site, Varanasi, India

Mosque at the Taj Mahal, India

Hagia Sophia Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey

Gaudi Cathedral, Barcelona, Spain.

Easter in Cinque Terra, Italy

Spirit entrance, Pantheon, Rome

Fantasy Grotto, Kerela, India

Jizo Bodhisattva, protector of the ‘never born’ represented through child figurines, cemetery, Kamakura, Japan

Lorraine Motel, Memphis TN, USA. National Civil Rights Museum and scene of Martin Luther King’s assassination

Elvis Presley’s grave, Graceland, Memphis TN, USA

Pet Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Voodoo Queen, Marie Leveau’s tomb, New Orleans, USA

Jim Morrison’s grave, Pére Lachaise cemetery, Paris, France

Karl Marx’s grave, Highgate Cemetery. London, UK

Cemetery, Istanbul, Turkey

Cemetery, County Galway, Ireland

Cemetery, Kerela, India

Avenue of the dead, ceremonial centre, Teotihuacan, Mexico.

Monument Valley, Utah, United States. Sacred Navajo land.

Mosque, Kerela, India

Underground mosque, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

Sun Temple, Modhera, Gujurat, India

The Mother Temple of Besakih, Bali, Indonesia

Borobudur Buddhist momument, Java, Indonesia.

Namdroling Monastery, India

Wat Phra Thart Doi Suthep, hill temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Thikse monastery, Leh, Ladakh, India

Stupas, Leh, Ladakh, India

Newgrange Burial Mound, Neolithic period. Ireland

Stone Henge, England.

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Prayer chapel, Kerela, India

Offerings to the Ganges, Varanasi, India

Ritual bathing in the Ganges, Kumbh Mela, Allahbad, India

Ritual bathing in the Ganges, Kumbh Mela, Allahbad, India

Bull sarcophagus, Royal cremation pyre, Bali, Indonesia

Church altar, Kerela, India

A little Goddess and her Mother, Kumbh Mela, Allahabad, India

Flower garland on the banks of the Ganges, Kumbh Mela, Allahbad, India
All images © Shaun Fynn