Tibetan Buddhist Kalachakra thangka painting behind a shrine with butter lamps, tended by a monk Tibetan monk. Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India

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Giant Kalachakra thangka painting and shrine at the centre of a Buddhist festival in Bodh Gaya, the place where the Buddha attained enlightenment. Bihar. India

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Size: 3584px × 5499px
Location: Bodh Gaya, Bihar. India
Photo credit: © Neil Cooper / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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