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Buddhist people spin prayer wheels in Ladakh. Tibetan prayer wheels are devices for spreading spiritual blessings and well being.

hills · ceremony

In Tibet, Prayer Wheels have been made for many centuries in a wide range of sizes and styles - from hand-held and table-top wheels, all the way up to giant eight or twelve foot Prayer Wheels with diameters of five to six feet.

Leh, Ladakh·hills · festival

Folk dance performance in Ladakh during the Singge Khababs festival in Leh. The Singhey Khababs festival, earlier known as the Sindhu Darshan Festival, is a festival held annually / every year in the town of Leh, in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmi…

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Chorten / temple / monastery / prayer hall. Buddhist prayer flags and Swayambhunath style gompa in Ladakh, in warm setting sun light. Ladakh is famous for its natural beauty and adventure sports.

hills · ceremony

The Red Maitreya temple (Byams pa dmar po) was built by king Tragspa Bumde during his reign in between 1400-1440. During the Dogra invasion of the 1840s it was damaged but restored soon after.

ceremony · hills

Ladakhis are those people who are living in Ladakh and they are facing a tough time after the disaster in Ladakh. Ladakh is a region of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of the Republic of India.

festival · village

Shey Palace in Ladakh is perched atop a cliffy slope, with a row of chortens and a marshy valley floor below.

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A large number of monks are attending the prayer ceremony in Ladakh. you would be able to see people from Bhutan attending the prayer wearing the national attire- gho.

ceremony · dance

We see monks occupied with prayers, chanting, medication and attending the ritual but here monks are dancing offering prayers to the god. These monks are dancing at Hemis monastery in Ladhak.

ceremony · dance

Monks are popular for performing cham Dance (Ritual Mask Dances) on a special occasion. This is a ritual dance done by the monks of Hemis Monastery in Ladhak offering prayer to god - It says - Gawa La Ye- referring to Happiness.

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Tibetan ritual items represent different aspects of the Buddhist religion and belief system. Different objects hold different roles and are useful during the rituals.

ceremony · festival

There is a side to this incredible place which is Hemis Monastery, a Himalayan Buddhist monastery of the Drukpa Lineage, in Hemis, Ladakh, India. It is situated 45 km from Leh it’s religious side.

hills · festival

Hemis is an idyllic village in Ladakh, in Northern India . The town is just over 40 km southeast of the town of Leh. Hemis is home to the Hemis Gompa a pre- 11th century monastery that was re-established in 1672.

highway · ceremony

The Buddhist prayer flags always give a colorful element in the cold dry desert of Ladakh. They flutter along the road in Hanle, that leads to Hanle Monastery.

festival · ceremony

Maha Kumh: Maha Kumbh has a mesmerizing influence over the minds of Indians as it is witness to the largest human garthering in history for the same cause on a single day irrespective of any worldy barriers of caste, creed, colour and relig…

festival · ceremony

Devotees gather and pray on the occasion of Holi Festival at Banke Bihari Temple in Vrinadavan, India. Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve.

ceremony · river

While on one side of Varah Ghat the crowd was going crazy with the merriment in the atmosphere, on the other side, the temple priests were preparing for the Holika Dahan.

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Indian festivals are not just fun and frolic it is also ritualistic. Small rituals make a huge difference to many in India. One such ritual can be seen in action through this video.

Uttar Pradesh·ceremony · river

Keeping up the unique local tradition of ‘masan mein chita bhasma Holi' - playing Holi with pyre ash at cremation ground', locals devout assembled at the Manikarnika Ghat and smeared each other with ash from pyres and gulal amid burning pyr…

Uttar Pradesh·ceremony · river

Keeping up the unique local tradition of ‘masan mein chita bhasma Holi' - playing Holi with pyre ash at cremation ground', locals devout assembled at the Manikarnika Ghat and smeared each other with ash from pyres and gulal amid burning pyr…

Uttar Pradesh·music · temple

Experience the spiritual joy and festive devotion of the Phalguna Holi Mahotsav through this beautiful Bhajan Sandhya titled "Ek Shaam Shri Banke Bihari Ji Ke Naam." Inside a beautifully decorated temple in Meerut, devotional singers lead t…

ceremony · dance

Padayani, also called Padeni, (from the word for military formations) is a traditional folk dance and a ritual art from the central portion of the Indian state of Kerala.

ceremony · dance

Padayani, also called Padeni, (from the word for military formations) is a traditional folk dance and a ritual art from the central portion of the Indian state of Kerala.