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Gold art displayed at the Oori Kancha or Temple of the Sun in Cuzco
Gold art displayed at the Oori Kancha or Temple of the Sun in Cuzco
Now known as the Monastery and Church of Santo Domingo
Location: Cuzco

(Peru)


Offerings at Ringa Buddhist temple

(China)


Interior of Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Buddhist prayer flags ringa

(China)


Excavating an old village in China

(China)


Spare-life animals at Ringa monastery

(China)


Oodles of prayer flags at Ringa temple

(China)


Monastery at holy Ringa mountain

(China)


Golden ornamental deer at Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Inside living quarters of a caretaker of

(China)


Prayer wheels at Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Rolls of Tibetan prayer flags

(China)


Buddhist pilgrims prostrating at Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Sumtsanlang monsatery; the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery complex in southern China

(China)


Buddha inside Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Spared-life goats at Da Bao si temple (Ringa monastery) In NW Yunnan

(China)


Chicken at Ringa. This is a "spared-life" animal; one that has been saved from the butcher and set free at the monastery

(China)


Golden roof at Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Woman and child at village outside Dabao temple on the sacred hill of Ringa

(China)


Buddhist statue inside Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Yak butter candle burning

(China)


Buddhist prayer flags at the holy mountain of Ringa

(China)


Spare-life goats at the holy Dabao temple

(China)


Gold and green dragon

(China)


Tibetan Buddhist pilgrim Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Buddhist prayers written in Chinese

(China)


Stone carving

(China)


Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags at Ringa monastery

(China)


Man working at the Tibetan buddhist temple of Ringa

(China)


Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags at Da bao si

(China)


Buddhist grain offering in a temple

(China)


Caretaker of Ringa monastery in his quarters

(China)


Tibetan prayers written on a wall in Chinese

(China)


Crowing chicken at Ringa

(China)


Interior of Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Shrine to the Panchen Lama

(China)


Inside Ringa

(China)


Shangri-La (Zhongdian or Gyalthang) as seen from Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Entrance to Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Excavating a archeological site in China

(China)


"Spare-lfe" animals at a Tibetan monastery

(China)


Sumtsanlang monsatery in Gyalthang

(China)


Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Prayer site overlooking Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Stone carved with traditional Tibetan Buddhist prayers

(China)


Tibetan pilgrim prostrating at Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Stone carved with Buddhist prayers

(China)


Inside Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Interior of Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Interior of Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)


Masses of prayer flags

(China)


Colorful scarf on a door handle at Ringa

(China)


Shrine to the Dali Lama

(China)


Buddhist prayer flags at Ringa monastery

(China)


Yellow and white prayer flags

(China)


Golden ornamental decorations at Sumtsanlang monsatery

(China)



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