Offering flowers, incense and light is a widespread part of devotion ritual in south and southeast Asia, even though the cultures might differ (JK):   A woman holding a candle, lotus flowers and incense while chanting

Buddhist prayers as a flotilla carrying an urn said to contain some remains of Buddha
makes its way through the streets of Phnom Penh Thursday Dec. 19, 2002. The
urn was being taken to the ancient Cambodian capital of Oudong 45 kilometers
(28 miles) north of Phnom Penh, where King Norodom Sihanouk will put the urn
into a new stupa. Credit: AP Photo/Andy Eames