A steep set of stairs rise from the stone courtyard to a building of learning in the Deprung Monastary in Lhasa, Tibet.

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'Drepung Monastery, located at the foot of Mount Gephel, is one of the "great three" Gelug university gompas of Tibet. The other two are Ganden Monastery and Sera Monastery.

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Size: 4785px × 3185px
Location: Lhasa, Tibet
Photo credit: © Kim Hammar / Alamy / Afripics
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