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Photographs in Sichuan

The view down valley of Larung Gar. Prayer flags outside a monastic personal residence. A stupa made of prayer flags on the outskirts of Larung Gar [bla rung gar]. A stupa made of prayer flags on the outskirts of Larung Gar [bla rung gar]. A stupa made of prayer flags on the outskirts of Larung Gar [bla rung gar]. Monks walking home after attending religious lectures. Monks walking home after attending religious lectures. Monks walking home after attending religious lectures.
Monks walking home after attending religious lectures. A monastic personal residence under construction. Monastic personal residences. Monastic personal residences. Monastic personal residences. Monastic personal residences. Detail of decoration on the exterior of a monastic personal residence. Monastic residences at the far end of the valley of the Larung Gar [bla rung gar] religious settlement.
A view of the Larung Gar religious settlement looking down valley from the monastic residential area on its far side. The view back down the valley from its far end. Monastic residences. Elderly nuns walking near the Assembly Hall ['du khang]. Unidentified building in central part of Larung gar.  A group of monks loading logs onto a truck. The side of the main Assembly Hall, with the fourth floor residence of Khenpo Jikme Phuntshok. Nuns' personal residences beneath a forest of prayer flags.
Monastic personal residences. A monastic residence. A group of young monks posturing for the photographer. A group of young monks near the Assembly Hall ['du khang]. A group of monks gathered near the Assembly Hall ['du khang]. A group of monks gathered outside the Assembly Hall {'du khang}. The Chinese Temple in the center with Gyutrul Temple [sgyu 'phrul lha khang] and Visitors Hostel behind it. The main Assembly Hall ['du khang].

Sichuan in Places


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