Ganden Monastery. A pilgrim prepares a bundle of flaglets with images of meditational and protector deities on a hilltop above Ganden. Ganden was the first Gelugpa school monastery. Founded in 1409 by Tsongkhapa and with a monastic population that reached 3000,it was severely damaged during the Cultural Revolution.
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Ganden Monastery.Prayer flags mark the limit of pilgrims excursions into the hills around Ganden.They are usually strung around sacred places to purify the air and pacify the gods, and their fluttering is believed to release their written prayers into the heavens. The colours too are symbolic of the elements.
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Ganden Monastery. A pilgrim hurls a bundle of flaglets with images of meditational and protector deities into the air on a hilltop above Ganden. Ganden was the first Gelugpa school monastery. Founded in 1409 by Tsongkhapa and with a monastic population that reached 3000,it was severely damaged during the Cultural Revolution.
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Ganden Monastery. Engraved with mantras and prayers,yaks' skulls lie on the pilgrimage circuit,or kora,around Ganden monastery with views across the Phenyul Valley beyond.
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Ganden Monastery. Prayer flags mark the limit of pilgrims' excursions into the hills around Ganden. Ganden was the first Gelugpa school monastery. Founded in 1409 by Tsongkhapa and with a monastic population that reached 3000,it was severely damaged during the Cultural Revolution.
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Ganden Monastery. Perched on a ridge of Mt Wangkur and overlooking the Phenyul Valley,Ganden was the first Gelugpa school monastery. Founded in 1409 by Tsongkhapa and with a monastic population that reached 3000,it was severely damaged during the Cultural Revolution. Today it is undergoing extensive restoration work.
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Drepung Monastery. A monk rests among the painted boulders in the hills beside this vast complex. Founded in the 15th Century, Drepungs heyday came two centuries later when it had around 10,000 affiliated monks from over 300 branch monasteries of the Gelugpa school.
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Pabonka Monastery. First built in the 7th Century and among one of Lhasa's most ancient sites,this small monastery has been rebuilt and restored several times. It is believed that the Tibetan alphabet was invented here by a monk.
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Tibet,Sanga Monastery. Monks leave the main Assembly Hall of this small monastery near Lhasa.
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