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800-year celebration of Shey Monastery in Ladakh, India
800-year celebration of Shey Monastery in Ladakh, India
800-year celebration of Shey Monastery in Ladakh, India
Thiksey Monastery in Ladakh India.
Lamayuru Monastery in Ladakh, India
Ladakhi woman wearing a perak (turquoise headdress).
Young girl strolling the grounds of Likir Monastery in Ladakh
Monks awaiting the arrival of the head lama (rimpoche) for their monastery. He only visits a few times a year so it was a very special day.
Thiksey Monastery
My friend Stanzin playing in the snow.
Sheep in Nubra Valley (lower than the rest of Ladakh - at only 10,500 feet).
Sand dunes near Hunder, Nubra Valley, Ladakh, India
Disket Monastery in Nubra Valley, Ladakh
Young monks at Thiksey Monastery in India
Flying over the Himalayas from Delhi to Ladakh
A HDR photo of the Thiksey Maitreya statue
Watching the mask dance st Thiksey Monastery (also called a gompa or gonpa). Ladakh, India
Watching the mask dance st Thiksey Monastery (also called a gompa or gonpa). Ladakh, India
The flight over the Himalayas from Delhi to Leh, Ladakh.
Khardung-La pass from Leh to Nubra Valley, Ladakh
Woman listening to the Dalai Lama speak.
Woman listening to the Dalai Lama speak.
Chamba (my friend) listening to the Dalai Lama speak.
Young boys at Thiksey Monastery in Ladakh.
HHDL with the Head Lama of Thiksey Monastery (the man who got me the special pass)
Meeting the Dalai Lama and hearing him speak was so wonderful. Such a kind, wise and funny man.
Monks starting a sand mandala. The most important/difficult part is actually the chalk lines that are put on the board before the sand is applied.
Ladakhi woman from Thiksey village.
My friend Stanzin playing a deer in the mask dance ceremony of Thiksey monastery.
My friend the oracle ("La" in Ladakhi)
Tibetan stupa at Thiksey monastery at night.
Stupa (Buddhist monument) at Thiksey Monastery (also called a gompa or gonpa). Ladakh, India
Ancient monastery in Ladakh, India
Young monk at monastery school. Lamayuru Monastery Ladakh, India
"Mani stones" These stones are engraved with the Tibetan Buddhist Mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum." Families have the stones engraved and then give them to the monastery. They accumulate to huge piles over hundreds of years.
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A human powered ferris wheel at the 800-year celebration of Shey Monastery in Ladakh, India
800-year celebration of Shey Monastery in Ladakh, India
800-year celebration of Shey Monastery in Ladakh, India
Sand mandala made at Thiksey Monastery
