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Buddhist sandpainting mandala sand art in Lhasa, Tibet.

aerial view of Seda, the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the world

Kopan Monastery in the serene hills of Kathmandu Valley

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

The Punakha Dzong, also known as Pungthang Dewa chhenbi Phodrang, is the administrative centre of Punakha District in Punakha, Bhutan. Constructed by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, in 1637–38 it is the second oldest and second-largest dzong in Bhutan and one of its most majestic structures. The dzong houses the sacred relics of the southern Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, including the Rangjung Kharsapani and the sacred remains of Ngawang Namgyal and the terton Pema Lingpa.

Zilukha, Thimphu, Bhutan: Dharma wheel (dharmachakra) on a column at Thangthong Dewachen Dupthop nunnery, built by the 16th emanation of Thangtong Gyalpo, Drubthob Rikey Jadrel - Vajrayana Buddhism.

The Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Moastery in NepalThe Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Moastery in Nepal

A gate of a house in Sera Monastery, Lhasa, China. Which is well decorated and painted.

Buddhist Golden Temple at KushalNagar, Karnataka, India

Magnificent palace in Langmu Temple in China

A wall painting, representing a mandala, at the Shangri-La Songzanlin Monastery (or Ganden Sumtseling temple) in the Yunnan Provice in China. Mandalas, concentric diagrams, have spiritual and ritual significance in both Buddhism and Hinduism. Religious Paintings and statues are in the public domain. Buddhist art is anonymous, religious and as a result it has no aesthetic function by itself. Paintings are not signed, paintings have no copyright. This is all well explained in Françoise Pommaret’s “Bhutan, Himalayan Mountain Kingdom” edited by Odyssey Books & guides.

Namobuddha Monastery, Namo Buddha is one of the most sacred Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Nepal.

$Bhutan: Tiger's Nest - Paro Taktsang / Taktsang Palphug monastery - sacred Vajrayana Himalayan Buddhist site located on a steep rock face about 900 m above the Paro valley floor - dedicated to Padmasambhava, aka Guru mTshan-brgyad Lhakhang or \$

Facade detail of Tibetan Buddhism Temple in Sikkim, India.

$Langmusi Town, Luqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province.\nThe architecture here has a European small-town style and is very popular with tourists.\nLangmu Temple is a Tibetan Buddhist temple, which is the only way from Lanzhou to the famous scenic Jiuzhaigou Valley, where tourists come to visit.$

Shangri La Dukezong Ancient City and Zhuanjingguan in Yunnan Province, China

Naples - The baroque stone mosaic (pietra dura) in the church Chiesa di San Pietro Martire by unknown baroque artist.

Beautiful painted carved ceiling in the Palais des Rais, known as Bastion 23, Algiers, Alger, Algeria. Notable for its architecture and for being the last surviving quarter (houma) of the lower Casbah

$Rongwo (also called Longwo) Monastery in Amdo, Quinghai, Eastern Tibet. \nThe monastery was founded back in 1341 and is an important Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in Tongren and one of the biggest Gelug monasteries in Qinghai.$

The famous Potala Palace.The residence and office space of the successive Dalai Lamas.In September 1995, There is a new square under the Potala Palace.Film photo in 1995's Lhasa,Tibet

Detail at the Hemis Buddhist Monastery near Leh in the Ladakh region

Gangteng / Gangtey, Phobjikha Valley, Wangdue Phodrang District, Bhutan: Gangtey monastery / gonpa - ornate projecting / bay windows / balcony, called 'rabsel', timber frame structure with multiple windows and panels that cantilevers from the wall - Rab- Langna-Drezhu-Gyetse - Gedkar Payab windows on the sides - main temple building, 17th century - monastery of Nyingmapa school of Buddhism, the main seat of the Pema Lingpa tradition - Tibetan / Vajrayana Buddhism.

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