Laurent Geslin / Offering milk to 'holy' Black rats {Rattus rattus} temple Deshnoke, Rajasthan, India

Laurent Geslin / Holy Black rats in Hindu temple {Rattus rattus} Deshnoke, Rajasthan, India, 2002

Axel Gomille / Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), temple elephant gives blessings to pilgrims at the ruins and temple complex of Hampi, Karnataka, India

Sandesh Kadur / People worshipping gods at Talacauvery, the sacred birthplace of the River Cauvery, Western Ghats, Southern India. No release available.

Jeff Wilson / Film crew walking out of mountains down into Chitral valley after filming Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) Hindu Kush, Pakistan. For BBC Planet Earth series, Mountains episode, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Two Markhor (Capra falconeri) males fighting during the rut, Hindu Kush mountains, North West frontier, Pakistan, photographed whilst on location filming for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Two Markhor (Capra falconeri) males fighting during the rut, Hindu Kush mountains, North West frontier, Pakistan, photographed whilst on location filming for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Markhor (Capra falconeri) male silhouetted in the Hindu Kush mountains, North West frontier, Pakistan, photographed whilst on location filming for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Markhor (Capra falconeri) male on mountain side in the Hindu Kush mountains, North West frontier, Pakistan, photographed whilst on location filming for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Head portrait of Markhor (Capra falconeri) young male browsing on foliage, in the Hindu Kush mountains, North West frontier, Pakistan, photographed whilst on location filming for BBC Planet Earth seri...

Jeff Wilson / Female Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) watching a Magpie (Pica pica) outside her den in the Hindu Kush mountains, North West frontier, Pakistan, photographed whilst on location filming for BBC Planet Ea...

Pete Oxford / Rhesus macaque {Macaca mulatta} temple monkey at Swayambhunath Stupa, Kathmandu City, Nepal