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view of the Tiger's Nest monastery also known as the Paro Taktsang and the surrounding area in Bhutan. Travel and religion concept

Six hundred years ago, Tsongkhapa founded the Gelug Sect here, so Gandan Monastery became the ancestor Monastery of the Gelug Sect, which had a very brilliant position in the religious history of the local political history of Tibet. Chrome photo in October 2005,Tibet

Side view of the Jokhang temple. The Jokhang is considered as the most sacred temple in Tibet. First built in 652 CE it has been enlarged several times over the next 900 years

Wat Phra That Pha Son Kaew , Khao Kho District, Phetchabun Province, Thailand

Spituk Monastery (also Spituk Gompa or Pethup Gompa) on a winter day. The Monastery was founded back in the 15 century. The buddhist monastery belongs to the Gelug sect (Yellow Hat sect) of Tibetan Buddhism.

Tachog Lhakhang monastery view during day time

$Punakha, Bhutan: Punakha Dzong, aka Pungtang Dechen Photrang Dzong, meaning \$

Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region of China - October 9, 2006: Drepung Buddhist Monastery near Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Drepung is the largest of all Tibetan monasteries and is located on the Gambo Utse mountain, 5km from Lhasa.

View of monastery and rock formations in Meteora, Greece

Ganden Döndrubling or Dongzhulin Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Benzilan Town in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China

A beautiful shot of the Thikse Gompa Monastery in Tibet, China

Labrang Monastery, Xiahe, Gansu Province / China - JUN 6 2011: tibetan buddhist temple building in front of a mountain range peak

$Labuleng Temple, Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province.\nLabuleng Temple is the residence of the living Buddha master, built in 1709 AD, is one of the six major monasteries of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism,\nIt is honored as the \$

The Trashigang Dzong is large dzong fortress in Bhutan, located in Trashigang, Bhutan

Aerial view of Gemo Temple(各莫寺) in Aba of Sichuan Province, China

$Paro Taktsang (Dzongkha: སྤ་གྲོ་སྟག་ཚང་, also known as the Taktsang Palphug Monastery and the Tiger's Nest), is a sacred Vajrayana Himalayan Buddhist site located in the cliffside of the upper Paro valley in Bhutan. It is one of thirteen Tiger's Nest caves in historical Tibet in which Padmasambhava practiced and taught Vajrayana.\n\nA later monastery complex was built in 1692, around the Taktsang Senge Samdup cave, where Guru Padmasambhava meditated and practiced with students including Yeshe Tsogyal before departing the kingdom of Tibet in the early 9th century. Padmasambhava is credited with introducing Vajrayana Buddhism to Bhutan, which was then part of Tibet, and is the tutelary deity of the country. Today, Paro Taktsang is the best known of the thirteen taktsang or \$

The Rumtek Monastery, the Darma Chakra Centre, is the largest Buddhist monastery in Sikkim, India.

The Virgin Mary Monastery (The Sumela Monastery) stands at the foot of a steep cliff facing the Altındere valley in the region of Maçka in Trabzon Province.The Orthodox Monastry which is name Panaghia tou Melas in Byzantine Grek, was built at 4th. Century by two monks called Barnabas and Sophronius .

The Great Meteoron Monastery stands proud on a rocky mountain

Tiger's Nest monastery , Paro Taktsang Monastery in Bhutan

Thikse Monastery (also Thiksay Gompa) is a monastery affiliated with the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located on top of a hill in Thiksey village, approximately 19 kilometres east of Leh in Ladakh, India. It is located at an altitude of 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) in the Indus Valley.

Ranka monastery or lingdum or pal zurmang kagyud monastery in gangtok sikkim,India.

A majestic building is seen through a weathered stone arch, combining modern and historical elements in a unique composition.

Mustang region is the former Kingdom of Lo and now part of Nepal, in the north-central part of that country, bordering the People's Republic of China on the Tibetan plateau between the Nepalese provinces of Dolpo and Manang.

Russian church in town of Shipka, Stara Zagora Region, Bulgaria

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