Tibetan Buddhist Shey Monastery, near Leh,Ladakh region, state of Jammu and Kashmir,India,Asia

Tibetan Buddhist Shey Monastery, near Leh,Ladakh region, state of Jammu and Kashmir,India,Asia

Man making mud bricks, Shey, Ladakh, India, Asia

Mother and child, Shey, Ladakh, India, Asia

A light-filled elementary classroom. A white ceiling reflects light from the windows above. Traditional building methods and materials, such as the poplar and willow ceilings are combined with modern solar and passive solar technology. Druk Padma Karpo Institute. Shey, Ladakh, India

A light-filled elementary classroom. A white ceiling reflects light from the windows above. Traditional building methods and materials, such as the poplar and willow ceilings are combined with modern solar and passive solar technology. Druk Padma Karpo Institute. Shey, Ladakh, India

A light-filled elementary classroom. A white ceiling reflects light from the windows above. Traditional building methods and materials, such as the poplar and willow ceilings are combined with modern solar and passive solar technology. Druk Padma Karpo Institute. Shey, Ladakh, India

Elemental forms of chortens in the valley of chortens below Shey. The king had ordered prisoners to build chortens for merit. Shey, Ladakh, India

Elemental forms of chortens in the valley of chortens below Shey. The king had ordered prisoners to build chortens for merit. Shey, Ladakh, India

Oil lamps lit at Shey Gompa by families wishing to bear children. Ladakh, India

A big Tibetan Mani Stone with the Mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum" colorfully engraved on a hill above the Indus Valley, Shey, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Buddha's eyes, head of the Buddha statue in the royal palace of Shey, Ladakh, Himalaya, northern India, Asia

Shey monastery with satellite antenna and a bike wheel as a radio antenna, Ladakh, India, Himalayas, Asia