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

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...

Detail of library of texts and scriptures in Buddhist monastery.