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Rinchen Khandro, a Buddhist nun who lives at the Samye Ling monastery in south-west Scotland, pictured on her return to the monastery after completing a three year retreat on the Buddhist-owned Holy Island off Scotland's west coast. Rinchen, originally from Manchester, is a former film scriptwriter, fashion designer and ex-girlfriend of George Best. She has been a nun since the early 1990s and this was her first major flags adorn trees near the monastery at Samye Ling as Rinchen returns from her © Colin McPherson, 04/04: +44 (0)7831
Rinchen Khandro, a Buddhist nun who lives at the Samye Ling monastery in south-west Scotland, pictured on her return to the monastery after completing a three year retreat on the Buddhist-owned Holy Island off Scotland's west coast. Rinchen, originally from Manchester, is a former film scriptwriter, fashion designer and ex-girlfriend of George Best. She has been a nun since the early 1990s and this was her first major flags adorn trees near the monastery at Samye Ling as Rinchen returns from her © Colin McPherson, 04/04: +44 (0)7831 :
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Location: Samye Ling Buddhist Monastery, Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Colin McPherson / Alamy / Afripics
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