Tibetan Buddhist monastery and surrounding buildings set into steep hillside. Thikse

Tibetan Buddhist lamas in ceremonial dress playing traditional drums supported on poles at the commencement of a festival.rGna

Tibetan Buddhist lamas in ceremonial yellow dress with traditional instruments attending annual Hemis Festival to celebrate birth of the founder of Tibetan Buddhism.  monastery

Young Tibetan Buddhist lamas playing the Shankh or conch shell.

Tibetan Buddhist lamas dressed for Hemis Festival to celebrate the birth of Guru Padmasambhava founder ofTibetan Buddhism. monastery

Lamas wearing kartas receiving offerings from pilgrims during Hemis Festival to celebrate the birth of Guru Padmasambhava founder of Tibetan Buddhism. monastery

Pilgrims reaching for Holy Thangka of Padmasambhava during Hemis Festival to celebrate the birth of Guru Padmasambhava founder of Tibetan Buddhism.Thanka - rectangular Tibetan painting on cloth mona...

Pilgrims wait to see Holy Thangka of Padmasambhava revealed once in twelve years during the Hemis Festival to celebrate the birth of the founder of Tibetan Buddhism.Thanka - rectangular Tibetan paint...

Fresco on Buddhist monastery wall depicting Yamantaka the terminator of death holding the wheel of life illustrating the six realms of existence including human.

Fresco on Buddhist monastery wall depicting Yamantaka the terminator of death holding the wheel of life illustrating the six realms of existence including human.

Fresco on Buddhist monastery wall depicting Guru Padmasambhava the founder of Tibetan Buddhism. Thikse

Shrine of the Double Eagle at the Sirkap SiteSirkap is the name of an archeological site on the bank opposite to the city of Taxila Punjab Pakistan.The city of Sirkap was built by the Greco-Bactr...