Images tagged "shigatse"
Classical Tibetan architecture of Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Tibetan boy on the road somewhere between Shigatse and Lhasa.
Father and son. Shigatse.
Mother carrying baby on her back. Shigatse.
Masters of ceremony and a collection of Tibetan hats during the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Three monks watching a performance during the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Tibetan spectators watching the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
A group of Tibetans watching the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Tibetan prayer flags with Himalayan scenery at the background on the way from the Nepali border to Shigatse in Tibet.
Old woman drinking from a typical Tibetan bowl. Shigatse.
Lama form the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse wearing ceremonial hat with red freckles during the festival.
A valley with lush greenery during a short Tibetan summer somewhere on the way from Shigatse to Lhasa.
European girl and a young monk on a terrace in the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
A corner of the building within the Tashilunpo Monastery complex decorated with traditional ornaments and medallions. Shigatse.
Men during a brake in the long travel by bus from the Nepali border to Shigatse.
A herd of yaks near the road from the Nepali border to Shigatse.
Austere and beautiful scenery of the upper part of the Tibetan Plateau with no trace of greenery. Somwhere along the way from the Nepali border to Shigatse.
Tibetan monks watching the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse. Two of them are playing telescoping trumpets (zangs dung).
Monks dancing during the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Buildings of the Tashilunpo Monastery complex in Shigatse with the golden roof of the main temple towering above.
Ubiquitous Tibetan dogs seen in the alleys of the Tashilunpo Monastery complex in Shigatse.
Mosaic-like fields in the central Tibetan Plateau between Shigatse and Lhasa.
Tashilunpo Monastery, Shigatse.
Sisum Namgyel, the Tomb of the 10th Panchen Lama. Tashilunpo Monastery, Shigatse.
Tibetan monks dancing during the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Old lama from Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
A group of monks next to a window decorated in typically Tibetan style. Shigatse.
A man with prayer wheel. Shigatse.
Golden roofs of Sisum Namgyel, the Tomb of the 10th Panchen Lama above the white buildings of the Tashilunpo Monastery complex in Shigatse.
Two pilgrims watching the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Main stage of the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse. Golden roofs of the temples housing the tombs of past panchenlamas are seen at the background.
An entrance gate to the Tashilunpo Monastery complex in Shigatse.
The main street of Shigatse.
Tibetan children waving at the passing bus somewhere on the way between Shigatse and Lhasa.
Young Tibetan women working in the field somewhere between Shigatse and Lhasa.
Mother and her son walking along the road from Shigatse to Lhasa.
Austere Tibetan scenery on the way from the Nepali border to Shigatse.
Tibetan monk in front of the temple door. Shigatse.
Young novice monk in the alley of the Tashilunpo Monsatery in Shigatse.
Three most important lamas of the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse on stage during the festival.
Tibetan monks in ceremonial robes chanting on the stage during the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
A group of monks with ceremonial banners. Tashilunpo Monastery, Shigatse.
The oldest and most eminent lama from the Tashilunpo Monsatery in Shigatse.
Monks in ceremonial dresses and their iconic yellow hats signature of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism, which is also practiced by Dalai Lama. Tashilunpo Monsatery, Shigatse.
Monks in ceremonial dresses and their iconic yellow hats on the stage during the festival in Tashilunpo Monsatery in Shigatse.
Dogs resting in shade and a Tibetan pilgrim on his ritual pilgrimage route around the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Traditional Tibetan houses in Shigatse.
Chinese policeman among Tibetan monks during the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Tibetan man with his kettle and a prayer wheel. Shigatse.
The oldest and most stately lama from the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
A steep street within the Tashilunpo Monastery complex in Shigatse.
Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse seen through the main entrance gate.
Window and The Wheel of Dharma (Dharmachakra) flanked by two deer over the entrance to the main temple of the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Windows of one of the buildings within the Tashilunpo Monastery complex in Shigatse.
Golden dragon decorating the corner of the buildiing within the Tashilunpo Monastery complex in Shigatse.
Tibetan man pouring tea. Shigatse.
Tibetan family on the road somewhere between Shigatse and Lhasa.
Local children playing on the road between the Nepali border and Shigatse.
Little boy playing on the road between the Nepali border and Shigatse.
Tibetan women working in the field near the road between Shigatse and Lhasa.
Young girls building a road somewhere between Shigatse and Lhasa.
Tibetan pilgrim circling the temple in a typical fashion: stretching himself on the ground, standing up and then stretching himself on the ground again, but further by the length of his body. Shigatse.
Old Tibetan man from the Shigatse area.
Old Tibetan man from the Shigatse area.
Tibetan man with his prayer wheel. Shigatse.
Old Tibetan monk with his dog in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Tibetan boy with his little brother on the road between Shigatse and Lhasa.
Scenery along the road between Shigatse and Lhasa.
The austere scenery of the Tibetan Platau between Shigatse and Lhasa is sometimes enllivened with tiny hamlets surrounded by fields.
General view of the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Mount Everest seen from the village Tingri on the way from the Nepali boundary to Shigatse.
Monks chanting and rythmically striking cymbals (rol mo) during the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Elderly smiling monk from Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
An old monk accompanied by young boys during the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
A group of monks on a stage during the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Tibetan monks dancing on the stage in the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Tibetan house with external walls covered with dung for thermal insulation. Somewhere between Shigatse and Lhasa.
Monks in masks performing their typical, slow motion dance during the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Group of Tibetans attending the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
A monk in ritual dress performing his typical, slow motion dance during the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
An old and stately lama from the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.