Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

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Photographs

Workers at the Drepung carpet factory. ?? Workers at the Drepung carpet factory. ?? A worker at the Drepung carpet factory. ?? The manager of the Drepung carpet factory. ?? A small garden near one of the monastery buildings. A small garden near one of the monastery buildings. Large rock carvings of Tsongkhapa (left) and his disciple Khedrup (right), founding figures of the Geluk religious sect, of which Drepung is an important monastery. A victory banner from the front of the temple.
The front of the temple. The front of the temple. Shelves full of serving vessels. Tea churners used to make Tibetan tea from tea leaves, butter, salt, and water. An oven in the monastery kitchen. An oven in the monastery kitchen. Part of the monastery kitchen. One of the monastery cooks.
Chinese tourists visiting the temple. The door to the basement hermitage once used by the Fifth Dalai Lama. Mural of ?? in the basement hermitage once used by the Fifth Dalai Lama. ?? Mural of ?? in the basement hermitage once used by the Fifth Dalai Lama. ?? Mural of ?? in the basement hermitage once used by the Fifth Dalai Lama. ?? Part of the basement hermitage onced used by the Fifth Dalai Lama. ?? Pilgrims at the pile of prayer flags and prayer stones. A Tibetan woman and child circumambulating the pile of prayer flags and stones.
View to the left of the carvings of buddhas framed in a pile of prayer stones. Close-up of a carving of White Tara. An elderly Tibetan woman circumambulating carvings of buddhas. Close-up of painted carvings of buddhas framed in a pile of prayer stones. ?? Close-up of painted carvings of buddhas framed in a pile of prayer stones. ?? Painted carvings of buddhas framed in a pile of prayer stones. ?? A pile of prayer flags, carved prayer stones, and yak skulls. A pile of prayer flags, carved prayer stones, and yak skulls.

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