Pictures of monasteries [last update 2011-12-25]

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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) Chicken at Ringa. This is a "spared-life" animal; one that has been saved from the butcher and set free at the monastery (China) Buddhist prayer flags ringa (China) Buddhist prayers written in Chinese (China) Prayer wheels at Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Buddhist prayer flags at the holy mountain of Ringa (China) Woman and child at village outside Dabao temple on the sacred hill of Ringa (China) Buddhist statue inside Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Golden roof at Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Stone carving (China) Interior of Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Oodles of prayer flags at Ringa temple (China) Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags at Da bao si (China) Excavating an old village in China (China) Man working at the Tibetan buddhist temple of Ringa (China) Golden ornamental deer at Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Buddha inside Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Tibetan Buddhist pilgrim Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Buddhist pilgrims prostrating at Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Offerings at Ringa Buddhist temple (China) Inside living quarters of a caretaker of (China) Spared-life goats at Da Bao si temple (Ringa monastery) In NW Yunnan (China) Spare-life animals at Ringa monastery (China) Monastery at holy Ringa mountain (China) Sumtsanlang monsatery; the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery complex in southern China (China) Yak butter candle burning (China) Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags at Ringa monastery (China) Spare-life goats at the holy Dabao temple (China) Rolls of Tibetan prayer flags (China) Gold and green dragon (China) Masses of prayer flags (China) Inside Ringa (China) Golden ornamental decorations at Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Colorful scarf on a door handle at Ringa (China) Shrine to the Dali Lama (China) Sumtsanlang monsatery in Gyalthang (China) Buddhist grain offering in a temple (China) Inside Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Yellow and white prayer flags (China) Interior of Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Buddhist prayer flags at Ringa monastery (China) Interior of Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Excavating a archeological site in China (China) Stone carved with Buddhist prayers (China) Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Shangri-La (Zhongdian or Gyalthang) as seen from Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Caretaker of Ringa monastery in his quarters (China) Crowing chicken at Ringa (China) Prayer site overlooking Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Tibetan prayers written on a wall in Chinese (China) Interior of Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Shrine to the Panchen Lama (China) Entrance to Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) Stone carved with traditional Tibetan Buddhist prayers (China) Tibetan pilgrim prostrating at Sumtsanlang monsatery (China) "Spare-lfe" animals at a Tibetan monastery (China) monasteries: Page 1