A masked Buddhist monk at the Ugyen Sanag Choling Monastery Festival at Kungri, in the Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh, India

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A masked Buddhist monk at the Ugyen Sanag Choling Monastery Festival at Kungri, in the Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh, India, in July 2011.

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Location: Ugyen Sanag Choling Monastery, Kungri village, Pin valley, Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India
Photo credit: © Trevor Thompson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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