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Pilgrims holding prayer wheel walking on Barkhor Street.
Barkhor Street ( or Bakuo Street), a historical residential and business district around the Jokhang Temple, is also the traditional worship route for pilgrims of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Prayers spinning the prayer wheels.
The prayer wheels, around and under the Potala Palace, is the traditional worship route. Everyday many Lhasa people and pilgrims from other places of Tibet come here to pray.
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Pilgrim kneels piously on Barkhor Street.
Barkhor Street ( or Bakuo Street), a historical residential and business district around the Jokhang Temple, is also the traditional worship route for pilgrims of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Young monk feeds stray cat in Jokhang temple.
Jokhang Temple, one of the holiest sites of Tibetan Buddhism and listed on UNESCO world cultural heritage.
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Pilgrims holding prayer wheel walking on Barkhor Street.
Barkhor Street ( or Bakuo Street), a historical residential and business district around the Jokhang Temple, is also the traditional worship route for pilgrims of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Tibetan elderly women are shopping on Barkhor Street.
Barkhor Street ( or Bakuo Street), the traditional worship route for pilgrims of Tibetan Buddhism, is a historical residential and business district around the Jokhang Temple.
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Prayers spinning the prayer wheels.
The prayer wheels, around and under the Potala Palace, is the traditional worship route. Everyday many Lhasa people and pilgrims from other places of Tibet come here to pray.
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Tibetan monks are debating in Sera Monastery.
Debating is a traditional learning method in Tibetan Buddhism. Young monks study Buddhist classics through asking and answering questions with interesting clapping gestures. Sera Monastery is a famous Buddhist institute in Lhasa.
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Making Sand mandala
HD: Making Sand mandala by Tibetan monk for sacred in Buddhism ritual
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Burning oil lamp inside Thiksay Monastery and it's murals depicting life of Buddha in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Burning oil lamp inside Thiksay Monastery and it's murals depicting life of Buddha in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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VOICED : Restoring medieval Tibetan shrines in Nepals Himalayas
Deep in the heart of a medieval monastery in Nepals remote Upper Mustang region the battle to restore sacred murals and preserve traditional Tibetan Buddhist culture is in full swing
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Tibet - Ancient and modern
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Known as the Roof of the World because of its average altitude
of close to 5,000 metres Tibet - officially designated an
Autonomous Region of China - has long conjured up images of
barren isolation...
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Tourists and pilgrims visiting the Potala Palace
Tourists and pilgrims visiting the Potala Palace
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CLEAN : Restoring medieval Tibetan shrines in Nepals Himalayas
CLEAN : Restoring medieval Tibetan shrines in Nepals Himalayas
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CLEAN : With demolitions China squeezes Buddhist academy
The hills around revered Tibetan Buddhist academy Larung Gar were once a seamless carpet of vibrant red dominated by the homes of thousands of monks nuns and devotees
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Pilgrims at the Potala Palace and Lhasa skyline
Pilgrims at the Potala Palace and Lhasa skyline
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CLEAN : Tibetan Buddhist monk cremated in Nepal
CLEAN : Tibetan Buddhist monk cremated in Nepal
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CLEAN:Buddhist monks cremate hundreds of China earthquake victims
CLEAN:Buddhist monks cremate hundreds of China earthquake victims
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