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Asia, India, Prayer flags & monastery

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Asia, India, Procession of Tibetan monks at Rizong Gompa

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Asia, India, Zanskar river valley

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Asia, India, Woman pilgrim at Likir Monastery

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Asia, India, Prayer flags in Leh

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India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Phyang. A long line of whitewashed chortens marks the approach to Phyang Gompa, or Monastery, which stands in a secluded side-valley near Leh.

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India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Leh. Decorative Buddhist motifs adorn a low pillar at the Shanti Stupa in the hills above Leh.

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India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Tikse. Inaugurated by the Dalai Lama in 1980, the main prayer hall of Tikse Gompa, or Monastery, is dominated by a huge 14-metre tall gold-faced statue of the Maitreya, or Future Buddha.

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India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Zanskar, Kargyak Valley. Traditional whitewashed Tibetan-style homes still dominate the valley's remote and scattered hamlets.

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India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Zanskar, Kargyak Valley. Zanskari villagers make their way on the hiking trail towards Gumburanjun Peak and the Shingo La, or Pass.

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India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Zanskar, Kargyak Valley. Buddhist nuns pause with their ponies on the hiking trail near Kargyak village.

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India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Zanskar, Tsarap Valley Phugtal. A monk stands in his simple lodgings at Phugtal Gompa, or Monastery, which is one of the remotest in Zanskar and Ladakh.

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India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Zanskar, Tsarap Valley Phugtal. Crumbling chortens mark the approach to Phugtal Gompa, or Monastery, which stands wedged into a cave-like hollow high above the Tsarap River.

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India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Zanskar, Tsarap Valley. A monk from Phugtal Gompa, or Monastery, returns from collecting yak dung which is used for fuel.

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India, Ladakh, Leh, hairdresser

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India, Ladakh, Leh, Tibetan Mani Stone

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India, Ladakh, Likir, old prayer wheels

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India, Ladakh, Likir, old prayer wheels

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India, Ladakh, Leh, Montessori Restaurant

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India, Ladakh, Markha Valley, white sheep

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India, Ladakh, Leh, local mosque Jama Masjid

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Jama Masjid mosque in Leh. Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Not for sale in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, SE UAE, or UK)

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Jama Masjid mosque in Leh with Leh Palace behind. Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Not for sale in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, SE UAE, or UK)

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The Shanti (Peace) Stupa in Changspa looking over Leh Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Not for sale in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, SE UAE, or UK)

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Chortens on a hill overlooking the Indus Valley and Leh Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Not for sale in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, SE UAE, or UK)

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Gomang Stupa festooned with prayer flags in Leh Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Not for sale in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, SE UAE, or UK)

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Leh, Ladakh Region Jammu And Kashmir, India. Architectural detail. (Not for sale in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, SE UAE or UK)

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India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Zanskar, Karsha. Standing at the foot of steep, rugged mountains, 14th-century Karsha Gompa, or Monastery, is the largest in Zanskar.

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India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Lamayuru. One of Ladakh's most celebrated monasteries, Lamayuru Gompa, or Monastery, looms over the surrounding village fields yet stands hemmed in by barren mountains.

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India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Indus Valley, Leh. Leh's old quarter viewed from the summit of the so-called 'Peak of Victory' high above town.

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Asia, India, Detail of frieze on Gompa in Leh with himalayan peaks behind

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Asia, India, Monks whirling lights, Leh

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Asia, India, Prayer flags, Leh

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Asia, India, Detail of Gompa, Leh

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Asia, India, View of Leh, capital of Ladakh in the Indus Valley

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Asia, India, View of Leh, capital of Ladakh in the Indus Valley

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Asia, India, Leh Palace, 17th Century

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Asia, India, Stok Mountains and prayer flags viewed from Leh. Stok Kangri trekking peak prominent on right

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Asia, India, Stupas with Stok Kangri peak behind

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Asia, India, Three ornate stupas (or chortens)

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Asia, India, Mani or prayer stones inscribed with the mantra Om mani padme hum

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India, Ladakh, Alchi, Buddhist wall paintings

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India, Ladakh, Alchi, Buddhist wall paintings

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India, Ladakh, Basgo, Basgo Gompa (Monastery)

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India, Ladakh, Basgo, Basgo Gompa (Monastery)

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India, Ladakh, Basgo, Basgo Gompa (Monastery)

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India, Ladakh, Leh, prayer flags on white Stupa

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India, Ladakh, Leh, Buddha at the Gonkang Gompa

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Asia, India, Mani or prayer stones depicting the Buddhist deity Vajrapani

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Asia, India, Detail of mural, Likir Gompa

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Asia, India, Zanskar, pack horses in upper Kargyak Valley

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Asia, India, Trekker by a cairn erected to honour the Lu or local spirit, near Stok

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Asia, India, The old palace

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Asia, India, Woman shopkeeper resting outside of shop

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Asia, India, Tibetan refugees on motorbike

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Asia, India, Shopkeeper resting in window

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Asia, India, Begger at the door of the monastery

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Asia, India, Junior monk

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Asia, India, Circle of life

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Asia, India, Detail fo frieze

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Asia, India, Woman pilgrim and detail of frieze

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Asia, India, Poplar trees and autumn colours

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India, Ladakh, Markha Valley, kitchen utilities

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India, Ladakh, Leh, prayer flags at Shanti Stupa

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India, Ladakh, Leh, prayer flags at Shanti Stupa

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India, Ladakh, Leh, colorful Tibetan prayer flags

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India, Ladakh, Alchi, colorful Buddhist prayer flags

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India, Ladakh, Alchi, toilet sign below Buddhist flags

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India, Ladakh, Likir, golden Buddha in Likir Monastery

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Asia, India, View over town of Leh

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Asia, India, Detail of frieze

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Asia, India, The old Palace overlooks the town of Leh

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India, Ladakh, Likir, close-up of dragon head door grip

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India, Ladakh, Likir, close-up of dragon head door grip

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India, Ladakh, Leh, scenic landscape view of Indus Valley

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India, Ladakh, Markha Valley, sheep close to trekker tent

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India, Ladakh, Leh, Shanti stupa with Himalaya in background

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India, Ladakh, Leh, Shanti stupa with Himalaya in background

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India, Ladakh, Leh, prayer flags with Leh palace in background

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India, Ladakh, scenic landscape with green lake in the Himalayas

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India, Ladakh, Leh, small white stupa at the entrance of the city

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India, Ladakh, scenic landscape with off road bar in the Himalayas

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India, Ladakh, scenic landscape with off road bar in the Himalayas

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India, Ladakh, Markha Valley, typical (No Suggestions) house in Shang Sumdo

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India, Ladakh, Shey, large golden Buddha in Shey Monastery (gompa)

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India, Ladakh, Markha Valley, scenic landscape with the Indus river

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India, Ladakh, Markha Valley, scenic landscape with the Indus river

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India, Ladakh, Thiksey, colorful walls of Thiksey Monastery (Gompa)

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India, Ladakh, Thiksey, colorful walls of Thiksey Monastery (Gompa)

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India, Ladakh, Leh, prayer flags with Indus Valley in the background

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India, Ladakh, Likir, wall painting with elephant, rabbit and monkey

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India, Ladakh, Markha Valley, scenic landscape between the mountains

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India, Ladakh, Alchi, traditional puppets with Hindu and Buddhist face

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India, Ladakh, Markha Valley, barley and wheat fields in the Himalayas

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India, Ladakh, scenic rugged landscape with green river in the Himalayas

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India, Ladakh, scenic rugged landscape with green river in the Himalayas

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India, Ladakh, scenic rugged landscape with green river in the Himalayas

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India, Ladakh, Shey, white stupa forest with Himalayas in the background

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India, Ladakh, Shey, white stupa forest with Himalayas in the background

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India, Ladakh, Shey, white stupa forest with Himalayas in the background