Singapore’s Haw Par Villa theme park has more than a thousand statues and 150 dioramas, some which depict gruesome versions of the Buddhist underworld, such as demons eating humans.

Theravada Buddhism is the dominant religious system in several parts of South and Southeast Asia, but there is a rich diversity of beliefs and practices in this tradition.

A prayer altar in the main gathering hall at the temple Wat Ratchapradit in Bangkok, Thailand. Theravada, which means “the way of the elders,” is one of the two main schools of Buddhism.