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Photographs in Larung Gar

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]. The Chinese Temple to the central left with the ridge containing the Gyutrul Temple to the upper left and new Visitors Hostel to the upper right. The pagoda and Assembly Hall. View of the central area of Larung Gar with the Nunnery Hill in back and Gyutrul Temple in the right upper corner. View of the Chinese Temple, Gyutrul Temple [sgyu 'phrul lha khang], and new Visitors Hostel. The main Assembly Hall at Larung Gar [bla rung gar] in the late 1990s. A pagoda style residence built in the 1980s early in the construction of the Larung religous settlement, and no longer extant. Monks taking shelter from the rain along the side of the Assembly Hall ['du khang].
Monks walking along the side of the Assembly Hall ['du khang]. The old Assembly Hall ['du khang] of Larung Gar [bla rung gar]. Yaks on the street near a pagoda style building. Monks walking near the main Assembly Hall ['du khang] of Larung Gar [bla rung gar] religious settlement. A view of the hillside with the Larung Gar [bla rung gar] nunnery from one side of the main Assembly Hall ['du khang]. The central area of Larung Gar [bla rung gar] as viewed from the monastic residential area at the valley's far end. Monks walking towards the central area of Larung Gar [bla rung gar] from the monastic residential area. Monks walking towards the central area of Larung Gar [bla rung gar] from the monastic residential area.
Tseko, the construction and road manager of Larung Gar religious settlement, with a Tibetan man on horseback. Tseko, the construction and road manager of Larung Gar religious settlement, with a Tibetan man on horseback. Tseko [tshe kho], the construction and road manager of Larung Gar [bla rung gar] religious settlement, and a typical monastic hat. An elderly nun resting next to a building. An older monk on the road near the entrance to Larung Gar [bla rung gar]. A group of nuns on the street. A group of nuns on the street. Professor Tsultrim Lodro [mkhan po bsod dar rgyas], one of the major scholars at the Larung Gar [bla rung gar] religious settlement.

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