Tibet

river

People perform Hawan while doing Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. Camps can be seen there of stay. The monks chant the sacred mantras while performing the Hawan. The Toyota Land Cruisers can be seen and people play cards sitting next to the cars.

music

A young singer 14-year-old Dolma, performs in Miss Tibet 2017. This year the Miss Tibet pageant has the highest number of contestants with nine Tibetan beauties competing for the crown.

This year the Miss Tibet pageant has the highest number of contestants with nine Tibetan beauties competing for the crown.

music

Tenzin Dawa is from New York and is 17 years old. She is 165 cm tall. She is studying in the 11th grade. She likes singing, dancing, and cooking. She hopes to be a part of the music industry as she aspires to become a singer.

hills · livestock

Herd of blue sheep moving upward as they graze on a Himalayan meadow in Tibet. Blue sheep are a worthy trophy animal due to horns. They are typically a Tibetan animal.

Miss Tibet 2017 woman contestants show us how they wear a chupa - their national dress in Tibet. This year the Miss Tibet pageant has the highest number of contestants with nine Tibetan beauties competing for the crown.

highway

The Hanle Monastery is located just along the roadside. It is only 19 km from the disputed frontier between India and Chinese-controlled Tibet.

politics

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.

dance · hills

The Adi or Bokar Lhoba people is a major collective tribe living in the Himalayan hills of Arunachal Pradesh, and they are found in the temperate and sub-tropical regions within the districts of East Siang, Upper Siang, West Siang and Lower…

river

Tibetan people prepares ponies for the Parikrama of Mansarovar lake in Tibet. One can see the tourist camps and Toyota Land Cruiser cars near the camps. and pilgrims are getting ready for the Parikrama.

music

A local artist, Jampa Tashi performs at Miss Tibet contest 2017. The song titled " Thanks giving (Tibetan)" was originally sung by Norbu Samdup.

ceremony

Mani stones or Prayer stones put up for sale during Kalachakra in Bodhgaya. Mani stones are stone plates, rocks and/or pebbles, inscribed with the mantras, as a form of prayer in Tibetan Buddhism.

river

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.

lake · river

Travelers enjoying, walking and taking pony rides at Mount Kailash, India. 865 Kms from Delhi, stand Mount Kailas and Lake Mansarovar constituting one of the grandest of the Himalayan beauty spots.

dance · music

Domey Tserik dance is popular in the region of Tso Ngon and Labrang in Domey Province, North Eastern Tibet. The male and female dancers amuse themselves by admiring each other's virtues and merits, through music and prose.

dance · ceremony

The Black Hat dance is an elaborate ritual that took many days to perform in Tibet. The purpose of the ritual is to eliminate the obstacles, which in the individual are the afflictive emotions and misconceptions that cause sufferings.

Colorful prayer flags being decorated at Chiu Gompa Monastery near Mt. Kailash. These colors(red, blue, yellow, white and green)represent elements like air, fire, water, and earth.

village · hills

Trekkers starts their first day of trekking from Kharta village in Tibet. The Kharta and Kama valleys are within the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve and provide a quieter area for trekking than Everest Base Camp in the Rongbuk valley.

flowers

Fringed Leaf Rhododendron (Rhododendron ciliatum) Fringed Leaf Rhododendron is a small shurb, often found spread on rocks. Flowers are borne in clusers of 2-4 widely funnel-shaped white flowers, flushed with pink.

hills

The mystical hidden and untouched valley of the gigantic mount everest . Mount Everest, also known in Nepal as Sagarmāthā and in Tibet as Chomolungma, is Earth's highest mountain.

river

Tibetan nomads, known as འབྲོག་པ། (ndrogba) in Tibetan, are one of the most interesting people on the planet. They live in the remote, high elevation grassland regions of the Tibetan Plateau.

Mount Makalu (8462m). Makalu is a close neighbor of Mount Everest, lying in the northeast region of Nepal. Besides, the Makalu Barun National Park in the region offers some of the most spectacular scenery in the Himalayas.