sacred image
Venerated religious picture
A sacred image is a visual representation of a divine figure, saint, or religious scene that holds spiritual significance for worshippers.
Icons, statues of the Virgin Mary, and depictions of Hindu deities are sacred images.
Some traditions venerate them as channels to the divine; others reject them as idolatry.
Pilgrims touched the sacred image hoping for healing.
- crucifixCross with Christ figure
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- altar pieceSacred tableau behind communion
- iconPictorial screen symbol
- Virgin MaryMother of Christ
statue · golden calf · Torah scroll · halo · mandala · dharma wheel · prayer beads · retablo · totem pole · stained glass · thangka · saint · Guadalupe · patron saint · votive · holy water · holy relic · prayer
- Buddhist artBuddha statues, Buddha head, seated Buddha, standing Buddha, stone Buddha
- sacred imagesidol, religious icon, god figure, Christ figure, golden calf
- sacred objectsrelic, relics, reliquaries, reliquary, holy relic
- sacred symbolscross, ankh, yin yang, INRI, tree of life
- Buddhist metalworkBuddha head, seated Buddha, standing Buddha, prayer wheel, singing bowl
- Shrinathji Worshipdarshan, deity, aarti, puja, sanctum
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