Pilgrims make offerings and request prayers
Resource #: 12038 (URL for reference)
Collections: Lhasa - Sera Monastery, Sera Monastery (2002)
Description:
by José Cabezón
Lay people make offering to the monks during the burnt offering ritual. They request that their butter, either the melted butter from a butter lamp, or a separate offering of butter, be mixed with the general offering of butter that the monks use during the ritual, so that they can partake in the merit of the ritial.Associated Resources
Resource type: Image
Photographer: Taline Goorjian
Recording Orientation: From the North
Photograph Date: 13/Jul/2002