Tashilumpo monastery, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, Asia

Exterior steps and entrance to the Tsurpu Buddhist monastery, seat of the Karmapa, at Nenang, Tibet, China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, religious Cham mask dance at the important Gelugpa monastery of Kumbum, Huangzhong, Xinning, Qinghai province, formerly known as Kokonur, Tibet, China, Asia

Tibetan pilgrims throwing prayer notes into the air, ceremony at Namtso Lake, Heavenly Lake, Tibetan, China, Asia

Traditionally dressed woman on the festival of the tribes in Gerze, Western Tibet, Asia

Tibetan pilgrim hanging prayer flags for the upcoming ceremony on Namtso Lake, Heavenly Lake, Tibetan, China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, religious masked Cham dance, at the important Kumbum Monastery, Gelug or Gelug-pa yellow hat sect, Ta'er Monastery, Huangzhong, Xinning, Qinghai, formerly Amdo, Tibet, China, Asia

China Telecom Building, Lhasa, Tibet

Gyantse Kumbum, walk-in mandala, and Pelkor Choede monastery with Tibetan pilgrims, elderly women, Gyantse, Tibet, China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, white stupas in front of the Potala Palace, winter palace of the Dalai Lama, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lhasa, Himalayas, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

Golden roofs and stupas of a Tibetan monastery in the grasslands of Tagong near the snow-covered peak of Mount Zhara Lhatse, 5820 metres above sea level, Lhagang Monastery, Lhagang Gompa, Tagong, Sichuan province, China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, Rongbuk Monastery, white stupa, Mount Everest, base camp north side, the Himalayas, central Tibet, U-Tsang, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

Traditionally dressed woman, traditional festival of the tribes in Gerze, Western Tibet, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, tent roof with an endless knot emblem, Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Ue-Tsang, Central Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, Himalaya Range, People's Republic of China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, religious fabric, large Thangka of Sera, a giant Buddha image is unfurled during the Shoton, Sho Dun or Yoghurt Festival, Sera Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, Shoton or Shodon Festival with the unrolling of the huge thangka, a silk painting depicting Buddha, Drepung Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet

Potala Palace in the morning sun, winter palace of the Dalai Llama, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Tibetan Mani Stones in front of Chorten or Stupas at the holy pilgrimage site of Thirtapuri, Mount Kailash, Ngari Province, western Tibet, Tibet, China, Asia

View of the Terdrom convent, Tibet, China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, monastery on the mountain slope, rocks, Chiu Gompa, snow-covered sacred Mount Kailash, south side with channel, Gang-Tise-Mountains, Trans-Himalaya, Himalayas, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

Stupas along the Mt. Kailash Kora pilgrimage route, Western Tibet, Asia

Gate, Jamkhang Chenmo monastery, Tashilhunpo, Tibet, Asia

Prayer flags outside the Ganden convent (4300m) near Lhasa, Tibet

Tibetan Buddhism, central temple, Uetse, Samye Monastery, Himalaya Range, Central Tibet, Ue-Tsang, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

Boudhanath Stupa, Bodhnath Stupa or Baudhanath Stupa, UNESCO World Heritage site, painted eyes, Tibetan Buddhism, Kathmandu, Nepal, Himalaya, Asia

Colorful Tibetan prayer flags with printed prayers and Mandalas in the woods of the monastery Ringa, Yuennan, Eastern Tibet, China, Asia

Ganden monastery near Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

The old Tibetan quarter with the Gyantse Dzong or Gyantse Fortress at back, Gyantse, Tibet, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, Pelkor Choede Monastery with a Kumbum stupa behind the historic centre, Balkor Monastery, Gyantse, Himalayas, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, Pelkor Chode, Palcho Monastery with the Kumbum stupa, Balkor monastery, Gyantse, Himalayas, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

The Stone Couple and prayer flags, Nam-Tsho-Lake, Tibet

Reconstructed Shigatse Dzong Fortress, with the historic town centre of the Tibetan town of Shigatse, central Tibet, Tibet, China, Asia

Fortress of Gyantse, Gyangze, Tibet, China, Asia

Prayer flags at a reservoir on the Karo-La Pass on the Friendship Highway, Tibet, Asia

Prayer flags, Tra La Pass, Friendship Highway between Shigatse and Lhatse, Tibet, China, Asia

Flags at a supermarket, Lhasa, Tibet

Three Yangtze canyons in the headwaters near Pondzirak, in Chinese Benzilan, Tibet, China, Asia

View over the historic town centre and the rebuilt Shigatse Dzong fortress, Shigatse, Tibet, China, Asia

Mountain landscape on the Kyichu River near Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, Drigung Monastery, Drigung Til, view of a Tibetan village below, Meldro Gonkar, Lhundrup district, central Tibet, Tibet, Himalayas, China, Asia

Potala palace Lhasa Tibet

Tibetan Buddhism, monastery on the mountain slope, rocks, Chiu Gompa, snow-covered sacred Mount Kailash, south side with channel, Gang-Tise-Mountains, Trans-Himalaya, Himalayas, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

Stone tablets Chagpo Ri, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Ancient tombs along the road between Ali and Gerze, West Tibet, Tibet, Asia

Stone pyramid, Chagpo Ri, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

White stupa, Lhasa, Tibet, Asia

Prayer flags at a reservoir on the Karo-La Pass on the Friendship Highway, Tibet, Asia

Rebuilt Shigatse Dzong fortress with Tibetan old town of Shigatse, Central Tibet, Tibet, China, Asia

View of the Reting monastery, Tibet, China, Asia

View from Dzong towards the Paelkhor Monastery Complex, Pelkhor Choede and the Kumbum, Gyantse, Tibet, China, Asia

Potala Palace, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lhasa, Tibet, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, monastery on the mountain slopes, rocks, Chiu Gompa, Gang-Tise-Mountains, Trans-Himalaya, Himalayas, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

View of the valley and the golden roofs of Drigung Til Monastery, Tibet, China, Asia

Gold-coloured turrets and roofs, Drigung Til Monastery, Tibet, China, Asia

Steps leading to a pavilion in the town of Ali, Shiquanhe, most western city of Tibet, Asia

Prayer wheels, view over the historic town centre and the rebuilt Shigatse Dzong fortress, Shigatse, Tibet, China, Asia

Gold-colored turrets, Drigung Til Monastery, Tibet, China, Asia

View from Dzong towards the Paelkhor Monastery Complex, Pelkhor Choede and the Kumbum, Gyantse, Tibet, China, Asia

Gyantse, Tibet, Asia

Chorten beside a high mountain lake along the road from Gerze to Tsochen, Western Tibet, Tibet, Asia

Monks in the Jamkhang Chenmo monastery, Tashilhunpo, Tibet, Asia

Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet, Asia

The Kumbum, Gyantse Monastery, Gyantse, Tibet, Asia

View of China's most remote city of Ali, Shiquan, in the far west of Tibet, Aksai Chin, Tibet, Central Asia

Drigung Til Monastery, Tibet, China, Asia

Mountain landscape at Phodo Dzong near the Reting monastery, Tibet, China, Asia

View from Drigung Til Monastery of the valley and the surrounding mountains, Tibet, China, Asia

The Kumbum, Gyantse Monastery, Gyantse, Tibet, Asia

Prayer flags in the region of the ancient kingdom of Guge, Western Tibet, Tibet, Asia

Yamdrok Lake, Tibet, China, Asia

Town of Ali, Shiquanhe, most western city of Tibet, Asia

The Blue Buddha in Lhasa, Tibet, Asia

Tashilhunpo Monastery, Shigatse, Tibet, Asia

Drepung monastery

A old woman prays in front of Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet, China