Tibet

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Tents along the banks of Mansarovar lake in Tibet, pilgrims are visiting Mansarovar lake to get blessing and taking bathe in lake. Peaceful place with beautiful landscape and holy lake is perfect place to medicate.

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View of a monastery at Majnu ka Tila. Street vendors are selling Tibetan cuisines. Colourful prayer flags are blow by the wind, a group of old women are relaxing and trying to beat the summer heat by using the hand fan.

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Tibetan woman holds prayer wheel which is the most symbolic religious objects for Tibetans. Mediators hold this prayer wheel and during countless rotations of the wheel, they repeat the mantra.

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Tibetan reading their holy scripture and offer prayers to welcome their New Year Losar. The most important holiday in Tibet is Losar, which celebrates the Tibetan New Year.

Khabsey are cookies or biscuits in Tibetan cuisine that are deep fried and usually made during celebrations such as the Losar (Tibetan New Year) or weddings. Khapseys are fashioned into many different intricate shapes and textures.

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Solar panels and DTH disc can be seen on the roof of monks quarters. The monastery is built right into the cliffs. There is an ancient shrine in a cave here dating back to the 8th Century.

Nyachung Monastery in Chungpo in Tibet. This is a 900 years old monastery, constructed by Chungpo Nyamgyol. An entry gate with 'Welcome to Nyalam' written over it.

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The Mindroling Monastery has a long history. Mindroling (pronounced as Minh-dro-lyng) literally means a 'Place of Perfect Emancipation' in Tibet and is a place of worship for the Nyingma sect of Buddhism.

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Mount Kailash is a peak in the Kailas Range (Gangdisê Mountains), which are part of the Transhimalaya in Tibet.

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The Tibetan independence movement is a movement for the independence of Tibet and the political separation of Tibet from the People's Republic of China.

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Kailash Mansarovar Yatra (KMY) is one of the most revered treks, known for its religious significance.

Contestants Tenzin Nordon (20) from Chauntra and Tenzin Norzom,(22) from Manali in an introduction round at Miss Tibet 2017.

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Dwarf Snow Rhododendron is a small spreading, often gregarious, shrublet found on drier alpine slopes. It grows up to 50 cm tall with densely scaly branchlets.

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In a marshy high altitude meadow in southern Tibet, close to the Makalu northern valley lies this floral abundance in the Gama valley. The yellow flowered species, P.

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Herd of Pashmina sheep and goats grazing in high altitude Himalayan meadow, in Kashmir, India.

This precious Mantra-Taming stupa, one of the Buddha's eight types of stupas was sponsored by many donors for the sake of Buddhadharma in general and especially all sentiment beings connected to the Tsering Dhonden area.

The ITBP or Indo-Tibetan Border Police refuses to call Tibet by any other name! They believe that India's border with Tibet is inviolate and no other country can interfere in the same.

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Yamdrok Yumtso Lake is also said to be the female Guardian of Buddhism in Tibet. People there believe that it will bless and protect them. Every year, many devotional followers in Tibet or from other places would come here for pilgrimage.

As the show goes on Miss Tibet contestants nervously wait to pick out the topics they have to talk on the stage.

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Pilgrims sit near Mansarovar lake chanting mantras. A green bus without number plate waiting for passengers can also be seen in this clip. Lake Manasarovar situated about 2000 kms from Lhasa is world’s highest freshwater lake.

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The Mindroling Monastery has a long history. Mindroling (pronounced as Minh-dro-lyng) literally means a 'Place of Perfect Emancipation' in Tibet and is a place of worship for the Nyingma sect of Buddhism.

South Indian women cook Pakodas in Dongma en route Mansarovar while a Tibetan man helps them at their temporary accommodation in Tibet autonomous region of China.