Caption: Pelling, Sikkim, India - Sep 1999. Tibetan Buddhist texts lined up in special boxes in Tashiding monastery. The texts are available to monks

---

Caption: Pelling, Sikkim, India - Sep 1999. Tibetan Buddhist texts lined up in special boxes in Tashiding monastery. The texts are available to monks who live and study at the monastery. The monastery is located in Sikkim state in India, a former Tibetan kingdom which was integrated into India in 1974. Credit: Leisa Contact: Legal Notice: Any use of this picture is subject to a license agreement entered into by the user and AsiaWorks Photography Ltd. All other rights reserved. Any re-use and redistribution of this image is prohibited. For sales enquiries regarding any additional use of this or other pictures from AsiaWorks Photography please contact

---

Size: 5388px × 3540px
Photo credit: © Leisa Tyler / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: bhuddism, book, books, box, boxes, buddhism, buddhist, buddism, container, containers, indoor, indoors, interior, interiors, monastaries, monastary, monasteries, monastery, monestaries, monestary, publications, religion, religious, scripture, scriptures, tashiding, text, textbook, textbooks, worship