Harvesting below Thikse Gompa (Tikse Monastery), Ladakh, India, Asia

The huge 15 metre high statue of Maitreya (Chamba) Buddha (the Buddha to come), the largest effigy of Buddha in India, Thikse Gompa, near Leh, Indus Valley, Ladakh, India, Asia

The huge 15 metre high statue of Maitreya (Chamba) Buddha (the Buddha to come), the largest effigy of Buddha in India, Thikse Gompa, near Leh, Indus Valley, Ladakh, India, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, Buddha Maitreya, Buddha of the future, portrait, Buddha statue, Thiksey Gompa Monastery, Thikse, Tikse, Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, Buddha Maitreya, Buddha of the future, portrait, Buddha statue, Thiksey Gompa Monastery, Thikse, Tikse, Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, Buddha Maitreya, Buddha of the future, Buddha statue, Thiksey Gompa Monastery, Thikse, Tikse, Ladakh region, Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia

Maitreya Buddha statue face close up in Thiksey Gompa. Ladakh, India, Asia

Thikse Gompa, huge monastery situated on a hill south of Leh, overlooking the Indus valley, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, monastery complex on a hill, Thikse Gompa Monastery near Leh, Ladakh district, Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia, Asia

Monks calling for the morning prayers from the rooftop of Thikse Gompa, Thiksey, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

View down south over the Indus valley from the rooftop of Thikse Gompa, Thiksey, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Thikse Gompa, huge monastery situated on a hill south of Leh, overlooking the Indus valley, Leh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Two young monks looking across the Indus from the rooftop of Thikse Gompa, Thiksey, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Monk calling for the morning prayers from the rooftop of Thikse Gompa, Thiksey, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia