string of tattered prayer flags hillside above ruins of Ganden monastery Tibet China
The Ganden Monastery was built in 1409, and it was once the leading monastery of the three leading monasteries of the Geluk tradition. These monastaries were built in or near Lhasa that was once the city of the Dalai Lama. At its height in times past, thousands of monks lived there. During the Cultural Revolution, army artillery shelled the structure. This photograph was taken during the Ganden Thangka Festival which is an important festival at the old Ganden Monastery that was the leading monastery of the Geluk tradition of Tibet. In 1994 little of the monastery complex had been rebuilt.
Size: 2560px × 3941px
Location: Ganden Gompa Tibetan Plateau Tibet Autonomous Region People's Republic of China
Photo credit: © Adrian Weston / Alamy / Afripics
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