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Pilgrim doing the Kora around the holy mountain Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, China, Asia
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Pilgrims doing the Kora around the holy mountain Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, China, Asia
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Pilgrims doing the Kora around the holy mountain Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, China, Asia
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Pilgrims praying before the Blue Buddha in central Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
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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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Pilgrims spin prayer wheels outside a monastery in the Bharkor, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
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Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims on the kora, walking around Mount Kailas (Mount Kailash), which is sacred to Buddhists and Hindus, Tibet, China, Asia
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Money for luck from pilgrims inside the Kumbum, literally one hundred thousand images, of the Palcho Monastery, the largest chorten in Tibet, Gyantse, China, Asia
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Women circuit the inner Jokhang temple, walking the circumambulation pathway (Nangkhor), Jokhang temple, Barkhor, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
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Jokhang Temple,Barkhor Square - Situated in the heart of Lhasa's Old Quarter and first built in the 7th century,the Jokhang is Tibet's most sacred shrine. Pilgrims still prostrate themselves daily before the main entrance whose flagstones have over the centuries,been worn smooth.
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Jokhang Temple,Barkhor Square - Situated in the heart of Lhasa's Old Quarter and first built in the 7th century,the Jokhang is Tibet's most sacred shrine. Pilgrims still prostrate themselves daily before the main entrance whose flagstones have over the centuries,been worn smooth
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Buddist monk and prayer Buddhism wheels in a row. Focus on the front wheel.
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Famous tigers nest monastery of Bhutan, in cliff of a mountain.
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Worshipper, Jokhang Temple, the most revered religious structure in Tibet, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
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Tibetan Buddhist pilgrim reading texts and holding prayer wheel, Jokhang monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
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Woman circuits the inner Jokhang temple, walking the circumambulation pathway (Nangkhor), Jokhang temple, Barkhor, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
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Pilgrims prostrating, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
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Pilgrims prostrating outside the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
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Woman adding the melting yak butter from her lamp to those of the temple, Meru Nyingba monastery, Bharkor, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
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Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims prostrating in front of the Jokhang temple, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
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Buddhist pilgrims prostrating, Barkhor Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet, China
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Pilgrims prostrating in front square, Jokhang Buddhist temple, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
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Pilgrims praying before the Blue Buddha in central Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
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Jokhang Temple,Barkhor Square - Gilded copper decoration on the roof of the Jokhang Temple. The Jokhang is thought to be the principal geomantic power place in Tibet
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Jokhang Temple,Barkhor Square - Situated in the heart of Lhasa's Old Quarter and first built in the 7th century,the Jokhang is Tibet's most sacred shrine. Pilgrims still prostrate themselves daily before the main entrance whose flagstones have over the centuries,been worn smooth
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Mani Lhakhang,Barkhor. Standing alongside the pilgrimage circuit,or kora,this small chapel houses and enormous prayer wheel that is turned continuously by devout pilgrims.
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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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A young Tibetan woman strolls the Barkhor,the holiest of Lhasa's circumambulatory devotional routes
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Two Tibetan women praying, in front of the Potala Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site, with Chinese flag to the right, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia
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