Tibet

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.

river · lake

Majestic view of one of the holiest lakes in the world, Lake Manasarovar as seen from the Chiu Gomba Monastery in Tibet. The monastery is built right into the cliffs.

village

Paryang village in Zhongba County, Shigatse in Tibet en route mount Kailash. A red color board with Shi Shapang Ma Hotel written over it in Bhutanese, Chinese and English. One can see the prayer flags and the Himalayas in the backdrop.

People in Kodari village of Nepal walk on the streets of Kodari. They lined up in front of Rachna Dental Clinic. A woman carrying cartons tied up with blue cloth walks on the street. Young Nepali girls run on the street.

dance

Miss Tibet contestant Tenzin Paldon, performs a belly dance during talent hunt. This year the Miss Tibet pageant has the highest number of contestants with nine Tibetan beauties competing for the crown.

music · festival

The year 2003 marked the 10th anniversary of the installation and consecration of the Buddha Statue at Buddha Jayanti Park.

Guitarist and musicians at rooftop Tibetan party in the mountains of Dharamshala, India. A clip from the movie We're no monks.

river

Tibetan girls pose for photographs wearing Swimsuit near Bhagsunag waterfall in McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh.

festival

In a world increasingly faced with terrorism and violence, the message of compassion seems to be enshrined in the rich Tibetan cultural tradition.

livestock

The Changthangi or Pashmina goat is a breed of goat from Tibet or neighbouring areas in the Ladakhi Changthang, usually raised for meat or cashmere wool (known as pashmina once woven). These goats grow a thick, warm fleece.

A visual documentation of vast landscape en route Manasarovar to Dongma in Tibet. Dry grasslands in the foreground and small hills across the horizon in the background can be seen.

Contestants of Miss Tibet dressed up in colourful traditional Tibetan attire walk the ramp.

Miss Tibet contestants dressed up in colourful traditional attire walks the ramp. This year the Miss Tibet pageant has the highest number of contestants with nine Tibetan beauties competing for the crown.

hills · river

A group of tourist's leave for Lhasa on a bus from their hotel. Despite rampant Chinese-led modernisation, Lhasa (literally the 'Place of the Gods') is still largely a city of wonders.

Shegar, Zegar or Shelkar (also known as New Tingri) at 4,050m is 7km diversion northwest of main Friendship Highway. It is the headquarters for Qomolangma (Jomolangma) Nature Preserve (Mt. Everest region).

Cute little Tibetan kids playing with a handicapped bicycle during the Kalchakra in Bodhgaya in 2012. The word kalachakra means cycles of time, and the Kalachakra system presents three such cycles -- external, internal and alternative.

hills

A group of Karta people sit around a bonfire at Pethang Ringmo at the base of Qomolangma. People wash their dishes outside their tent. Pethang Ringmo is at the base of Qomolangma's East Face in the Gama Valley of Tibet.

This looks like an inefficient way of sawing wood and one which could lead to an accident were the wood plant to suddenly get cut and fall! At any rate, this Tibetan man seems more fascinated by the camera filming him than his safety...

The Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) is the only species in genus Ithaginis of the Pheasant family. These pheasants originate from the Himalayas, ranging from Nepal through Tibet into northern Burma to northwest China.

Tibetan monks chanting at the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet.

hills · snow

Gama valley, “the most beautiful valley in the world” is 55 km from east to west and 8 km from south to north, covering an area of 440 km2. Located at the downstream of PumQu in Tingri county and Dinggye county.

livestock

Young shepherd take their herd of Pashmina sheep and goats to graze at a high altitude Himalayan meadow, in Kashmir, India.