Tawang, India. 15th July, 2016. The Rimpoche (head monk) offer prayer during the celebration of birthday of Guru Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche in a monastry in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh in India on July 15, 2016. Guru Padmasambhava was an Indian guru who made a significant contribution to the development of Tibetan Buddhism professed in Tibet, Mongolia, Bhutan and certain certain regions of the Himalayas. In Bhutan, Tibetan Buddhism is the state religion. Guru Rinpoche is believed to have introduced Buddism to Bhutan. © Simanta Talukdar/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News

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