A light engine for a light emitting element includes an element substrate on which a plurality of light emitting elements is mounted, a plurality of circuit substrates connected to one another in an insulated state in order to apply a drive voltage to the light emitting elements and connected to the element substrate in an insulated state, and a plurality of protection substrates configured to surround the element substrate and the circuit substrates and to make contact with the element substrate and the circuit substrates in an insulated state.