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Buddhist community offers prayer - Kalachakra at Bodhgaya, in Bihar

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Buddhist community in India offering prayers during Kalachakra at Bodhgaya, Bihar. The word Kalachakra means cycles of time, and the Kalachakra system presents three such cycles -- external, internal and alternative.

Buddhist monks performing fire rites in Leh

Ladakh·hills · ceremony

A buddhist religious ceremony being performed by lamas or Buddhist monks in a monastery in the town of Leh in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, North India.

Buddhist hawan or fire worship ceremony in Leh, Ladakh

Ladakh·ceremony · hills

A buddhist religious ceremony being performed by lamas or Buddhist monks in a monastery in the town of Leh in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, North India.

Prayer flags and wheel send Buddhist prayers across the mountains of Ladakh

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Monks praying at the Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya: Bihar

Bodh Gaya, Bihar·temple · river

Pilgrims and monks offering prayers at Bodhgaya, Bihar. Bodh Gaya is a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Monks chanting holy mantras at monastery in Bodhgaya, in Bihar

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Statue of Lord Buddha at a monastery in Bodhgaya, Bihar. Monks are offering prayers and chanting holy mantras.

Lama Tashi singing his unique multi-phonic chant, in Arunachal Pradesh

music · festival

Hear Grammy nominated Lama Tashi in chanting action! Ngawang Tashi Bapu was born on 22nd Feb 1968, in the village of Thembang, state of Arunachal Pradesh, North East India.

Prayer flags and Buddhist prayers at Kewzing Monastery in Sikkim

ceremony · village

Prayer flags and Buddhist prayers at Kewzing Monastery in Sikkim. Kewzing Monastery : This monastery that stands near Kewzing in south Sikkim was constructed during the rule of Chogyal Thutob Namgyal. It is 5 km away from Ravangla.

Prayer wheels turned by lama boys at Kewzing Monastery in West Sikkim

village · ceremony

Prayer wheels turned by lama boys at Kewzing Monastery in West Sikkim. Kewzing Monastery : This monastery that stands near Kewzing in south Sikkim was constructed during the rule of Chogyal Thutob Namgyal. It is 5 km away from Ravangla.

Beauty of Buddhism: Women use prayer wheels and chant in Kewzing Monastery, Sikkim

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This is the local Kewzing Monastery in Kewzing village, Sikkim, India. Are those Goral or wild mountain goat horns at the beginning of the video? Prayer wheel is among the most symbolic of religious objects for Tibetans.

Modernity meets Buddhism: Lady speaks on mobile while turning prayer wheels at monastery, in Sikkim

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Lady speaks on mobile phone while spinning the prayer wheel at Buddhist Monastery in Sikkim. Prayer wheel is among the most symbolic of religious objects for Tibetans.

Buddhist woman turns Prayer wheel in Sikkim monastery

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Prayer wheel is among the most symbolic of religious objects for Tibetans. Mediators hold the prayer wheel and during countless rotations of the wheel, they repeat the mantra.

Burning butter lamps at Tawang monastery in Arunachal Pradesh, India

Arunachal Pradesh·ceremony

Devotees light butter lamps in the Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh during the Torgya Dungyur festival. Each lamp offering celebrates the Buddha's enlightenment and thus is associated with great good fortune.

Turning these prayer wheels is lucky: second largest monastery in the world

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Prayer wheels have a strong significance in Buddhism. A prayer wheel may be inscribed with the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum and even other mantras along with it.

Traversing rotating prayer wheels and butter lamps in slow motion!

ceremony

Prayer wheels undergoing rotation make for amazing slow motion shots; so is the case with butter lamps lit up by Buddhist devotees.

Buddhist prayer flags flutter in slow motion and spread prayers around, in Tawang

Arunachal Pradesh·ceremony

Buddhist prayer flags fluttering in the air make for amazing slow motion shots. At the Urgelling Gonpa near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh one sees hundreds of prayer flags wound on wires connected to poles.

Blessing Ceremony by Rinpoche at Tawang Monastery - second largest in the world

Arunachal Pradesh·ceremony

Towards the end of the second day of the Torgya Festival in 2016, a public blessing ceremony by Guru Rinpoche who is the Khenpo or Abbot of the Tawang Monastery was held.

Buddhist prayer items and memorabilia in a Himalayan monastery - Ki Gompa in Spiti

Himachal Pradesh·ceremony

Buddhist scriptures printed on cloth, thangka paintings, a dorjee, vase, a wooden and cloth prayer wheel, Buddhist drums, a gold Buddha statue and various other accoutrements at Key Gompa in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Monks prostrate and offer prayers at Bodhgaya in Bihar

ceremony · temple

Buddhist monks offering prayer, as they prostrate themselves and seek blessings from Lord Buddha at Bodhgaya, Bihar.

Buddhist cultural ceremony conducted by Dalai Lama in Sikkim

ceremony · hills

Sikkim remains a favorite destination for those in search of exotica and larger cultures to the predominant mode of Buddhism, all of its splendid splendor. The rich brocades and the rituals all contrasted the sense of tranquility.

Buddhists prepare for Kalachakra Festival at Key Monastery in Spiti, Himachal

Himachal Pradesh·festival · hills

Beautiful view of Key Monastery in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, where Buddhist monks are busy preparing for Kalachakra Festival.

Buddhist kids spin prayer wheels at Enchey Monastery in Gangtok, Sikkim

Sikkim·ceremony · hills

The Enchey Monastery in Gangtok in Sikkim. Buddhist kids and young monks spin the prayer wheels at Echey monastery. The prayer wheels are imprinted with Buddhist Mantras.

Road to Enchey Monastery decorated with prayer flags during Cham festival, Sikkim

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Sikkimese eat soupy noodles and momos with tomato sauce. See the steamed momos with chilly sauce kept on a plate. People walk through a crowded lane of the Enchey monastery in Sikkim. A woman walks holding her kid.