AlpenImage Photography Archive

  • Home
  • Photography
    • Explore
    • AlpenImage Database
    • Image Search
    • Photowall
  • Archive
    • All Galleries
    • Search
    • Cart
    • Lightbox
    • Client Area
  • About
    • About AlpenImage
    • Blog
    • Newsletter
    • Follow Us
    • Contact Us
  • Store
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x

Search Results

Refine Search
Match all words
Match any word
Prints
Personal Use
Royalty-Free
Rights-Managed
(leave unchecked to
search all images)
Next
382 images found
twitterlinkedinfacebook

Loading ()...

  • Lhasa, Tibet, People's Republic of China. Tibetan Buddhist nuns chant and pray in a temple at their nunnery.
    CF 3304.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Young Buddhist monks pray in new monastery near Bodh'nath.
    KM 2557.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremonyat Swayambhu Temple in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0323.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremonyat Swayambhu Temple in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0319.jpg
  • Meredith Wiltsie & 3-year old son Ben walk past a Tibetan Buddhist chorten while trekking  in the Khumbu Region of Nepal,.
    KF 1450.jpg
  • A Sherpani woman watches  3-year old Ben Wiltsie circle a Tibetan Buddhist chorten while trekking  in the Khumbu Region of Nepal, with Mounts  Everest &  Lhotse in background.
    KF 1446.jpg
  • Young Tibetan Buddhist monks pose at Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu region of Nepal. This picture was shot in 1986 before the monastery was destroyed in an 1989 electrical fire and subsequently rebuilt in a more modern form.
    KF 1156.jpg
  • Buddhist Tsam dancers dressed as Tsagaan Uuvgon ("old white man") and Buga (the deer) , wait to perform at the national naadam festival in Ulaanbaator, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-232.jpg
  • A Buddhist Tsam dancer waits to perform at the national naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-089.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Young Buddhist monks pray in new monastery near Bodh'nath.
    KM 2557.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2524.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist monk prostrates himself as he circles  Swaymbhu Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0342.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremonyat Swayambhu Temple in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0323.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA, Incarnate lamas pray at Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival held by Sherpas at Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu Region.
    S 0915.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist monk prostrates himself as he circles  Swaymbhu Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0342.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremonyat Swayambhu Temple in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0323.jpg
  • A Buddhist Tsam dancer dressed as Tsagaan Uuvgon ('the old white man') waits to perform at the national naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-472.jpg
  • Buddhist Tsam dancers dressed as Tsagaan Uuvgon ("old white man") and Buga (the deer) , wait to perform at the national naadam festival in Ulaanbaator, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-232.jpg
  • A Buddhist Tsam dance mask lies propped in the grandstands at the national Naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-227.jpg
  • Buddhist Tsam dancers wait to perform at the national naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.  Masks include (L to R): Buga, the deer; Makhi, the bull; and their master, Tshoijoo, God of the Dead and Defender of the Faith (called Yama in Sanskrit).
    MGe 080711-205.jpg
  • A Buddhist Tsam dancer plays 'air guitar' on his ceremonial, dragon-headed staff as he waits to perform at the national Naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-157.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist Tsam dancer waits to perform at the national Naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-156.jpg
  • Buddhist Tsam dancers flirt as they wait to perform at the national Naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-149.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist Tsam dancer dressed as Bisman tengri, the god of wealth, entertains his companions as they  wait to perform at the national Naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-116.jpg
  • Buddhist Tsam dancers flirt as they wait to perform at the national Naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-101.jpg
  • A Buddhist Tsam dancer waits to perform at the national naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-089.jpg
  • An acrobat runs through antics between Tibetan Buddhist Tsam dancers at the national Naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-049.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET.  Menba Grandmother & grandson play with puppy in Payi village near mouth of Tsangpo River Gorge (eastern Himalaya). Note Buddhist prayer wheel.
    TS 3392.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA, Incarnate lamas pray at Tibetan Buddhist Mani Rimdu festival held by Sherpas at Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu Region.
    S 0915.jpg
  • A costumed actor and Tibetan Buddhist lamas lead a procession as part of the annual Mani Rimdu festival held at Nepal's Tengboche Monastery.  (Photo taken in 1980.) The high lama is second from left.
    S 0912.jpg
  • A rhesus monkey sits by Tibetan Buddhist sculptures at Swayambhu Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
    KT 0710.jpg
  • Swayambhunath Stupa rises behind a pagoda temple and Tibetan Buddhist chortens in Kathmandu, Nepal
    KT 0619.jpg
  • Swayambhunath Stupa rises behind a pagoda temple and Tibetan Buddhist chortens in Kathmandu, Nepal
    KT 0517.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2598.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2596.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2524.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2512.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2505.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Tibetan Buddhist painting at Bodhnath stupa.
    KM 2366.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist painting adorns a temple near Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2364.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags fly over Swaymbhu'nath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2241.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Tibetan Buddhist stupa & prayer flags at Bodhnath temple.
    KM 2208.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags surround the Bodh'nath Stupa near Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2204.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist chortens rise in front of Swayambhu'nath stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0373.jpg
  • A Hindu woman walks bast Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheels at Swayambhu Temple in Kathamandu, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0363.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist monk prostrates himself as he circles  Swaymbhu Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0342.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist man lights an offering fire   at Swaymbhu Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0334.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist monk tends 108 butter lamps at Swaymbhu Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0331.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks read scripture during  a sacred puja ceremony at Swayambhu Temple in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0324.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist man lights 108 butter lamps  at Swaymbhu Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0314.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Tibetan buddhist <br />
chortens & stupa at Swayambhunath Temple.
    KM 0312.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist chortens rise in front of Swayambhu'nath stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0311.jpg
  • Meredith Wiltsie & 3-year old son Ben trek past a Tibetan Buddhist chorten while trekking  in the Khumbu Region of Nepal, with Mount s Everest, Lhotse and Ama Dablam  in background.
    KF 1433.jpg
  • Meredith Wiltsie & 3-year old son Ben trek past a Tibetan Buddhist chorten while trekking  in the Khumbu Region of Nepal, with Mount s Everest &  Lhotse  in background.
    KF 1432.jpg
  • Meredith Wiltsie & 3-year old son Ben trek past a Tibetan Buddhist chorten while trekking  in the Khumbu Region of Nepal, with Mount s Everest, Lhotse and Ama Dablam  in background.
    KF 1431.jpg
  • NEPAL, Himalaya. Kwangde Peak & Buddhist chorten, Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu region.
    KF 1212.jpg
  • Young Buddhist monks play with a makeshift ball at the old Tengboche Monastery, below Mount Ama Dablam in Nepal's Khumbu region. (After this picture was taken in 1979, the monastery burned down in 1989 and was rebuilt.)  The summit of Mount Everest is just left of the central pagoda roof.
    KF 1168.jpg
  • Young Buddhist monks play with a makeshift ball at the old Tengboche Monastery, below Mount Ama Dablam in Nepal's Khumbu region. (After this picture was taken in 1979, the monastery burned down in 1989 and was rebuilt.) The summit of Mount Everest is just left of the central pagoda roof.
    KF 1166.jpg
  • Young Tibetan Buddhist monks relax outside  at Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu region of Nepal. in 1986., before the old monastery  was destroyed and by an electrical fire in 1989 and subsequently rebuilt.
    KF 1160.jpg
  • Gordon Wiltsie poses with young Tibetan Buddhist monks in front of Mount Everest and Tengboche Monastery in the Khumbu region of Nepal in 1986, before the old monastery  was destroyed and rebuilt after an electrical fire in 1989.
    KF 1152.jpg
  • The Tibetan Buddhist Rimpoche at Tengboche Monastery in Nepal, Nawang Tenzing Jangpo who is considered as the incarnation of the founder Lama Gulu, an important spiritual leader of the Sherpas.
    KF 1142.jpg
  • 3-year old Ben Wiltsie joins in play with young Tibetan Buddhist monks at Tenboche Monastery in Nepal.
    KF 1120.jpg
  • Young Buddhist monks play with a balloon at the old Tengboche Monastery in Nepal's Khumbu region.
    KF 1108.jpg
  • A young lowland Hindu woman rests after carrying a basketful of goods to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya.  Behind her is a huge mani stone carved with Tibetan Buddhist prayers.
    KF 0802.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Remote Buddhist "gompa" in Hinku Valley, other statues: Buddha (c.) Aralokitashuara (l) (Dalai Lama)
    KB 2012.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Remote Buddhist retreat, Hinku Valley, Khumbu Region.
    KB 2005.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Buddhist shrine in gompa at Pangboche, Khumbu region.
    KB 1307.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist religious icons, including prayer flags, a mani [prayer] wall and a sacred chorten frame Mounts Ama Dablam (R), Lhotse & Everest (far left, only very top showing.)
    KB 1219.jpg
  • Traditional houses rise behind a Tibetan Buddhist stupa and prayer flags in Namche Bazar, leading town of the Sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal's Himalaya. Photo from 1979. These house have all been replaced by more modern ones.
    K 0308.jpg
  • A rickety Tibetan Buddhist meditation center clings to a rubbly cliff above Marpha, Nepal.
    AN 1116.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Buddhist nomad in tent north of Annapurna massif.
    AA 4009.jpg
  • Buddhist Tsam dancers wait to perform at the national naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.  Masks include (L to R): Buga, the deer; Makhi, the bull; and their master, Tshoijoo, God of the Dead and Defender of the Faith (called Yama in Sanskrit).
    MGe 080711-205.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist Tsam dancer dressed as Bisman tengri, the god of wealth, entertains his companions as they  wait to perform at the national Naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-116.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Young Buddhist monks pray in new monastery near Bodh'nath.
    KM 2557.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks chant and play musical instruments during  a sacred puja ceremony in a monastery in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2524.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhist festival in Braga village, north of Annapurna in Nepal.
    AA 3501.jpg
  • A young Buddhist Tsam dancer waits to perform at the national naadam festival in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080711-135.jpg
  • TIBET, China. Buddhist "mani" (prayer) stones.
    TS 3985.jpg
  • Swayambhunath Stupa rises behind a pagoda temple and Tibetan Buddhist chortens in Kathmandu, Nepal
    KT 0617.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist monk walks past a gilt doorway to a shrine at Swayambhu Stupa  in Kathmandu, Nepal.
    KT 0608.jpg
  • An elderly Tibetan Buddhist monk chants outside a temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
    KM 2220.jpg
  • Kwange Peak rises behind a Tibetan Buddhist corten and prayer flag at Tengboche Monastery in the Khuymbu region of Nepal.
    KF 1211.jpg
  • The Tibetan Buddhist Rimpoche ofTengboche Monastery in Nepal Boses with Meredith Wiltsie and her son Ben.
    KF 1143.jpg
  • 3-year old Ben Wiltsie joins in play with young Tibetan Buddhist monks at Tenboche Monastery in Nepal.
    KF 1118.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Remote Buddhist retreat, Hinku Valley, Khumbu Region.
    KB 2006.jpg
  • A trekker passes a Tibetan Buddhist chorten and prayer flags in Khumjung village in the Khumbu region of Nepal's Himalaya. 1979 photo. Mount Ama Dablam background.
    K 0716.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Tibetan Buddhist dancer, Manang village.
    AA 3507.jpg
  • Tibetan Buddhists light votive candles outside Bodh'nath Stup near Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2617.jpg
  • Local Sherpas bargain with lowland people who have carried big loads for several days to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya. Although most Sherpas are Tibetan Buddhists and most lowlander are Hindu, this is not a source of conflict.
    KF 0702.jpg
  • A Masked dancer performs at the annual Mani Rimdu festival.
    S 1014.jpg
  • A Masked dancer performs at the annual Mani Rimdu festival.
    S 1014.jpg
  • Manang Valley, north of Annapurna in Nepal.
    AA 3517.jpg
  • Manang Valley, north of Annapurna in Nepal.
    AA 3510.jpg
  • Manang Valley, north of Annapurna in Nepal.
    AA 3505.jpg
  • A gilt doorway to a shrine at Swayambhu Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
    KT 0515.jpg
  • A rhododendron flower grows on a balcony near Bodh'nath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2255.jpg
  • in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2107.jpg
  • Sacred Mount Khumbila rises behind Tengboche Monastery, a spiritual center for the Sherpas of Nepal. This picture was shot in 1986 before the monastery was destroyed in an 1989 electrical fire and subsequently rebuilt in a more modern form.
    KF 1243.jpg
  • Yak-Cattle crossbreeds called Dzos graze in front of prayer flags and a sacred chorten monument at Tengboche Monastery in Nepal's Himalaya. Fog wreathes Mount Thamserku in the background.
    KF 1217.jpg
  • Manang Valley, north of Annapurna in Nepal.
    AA 3611.jpg
Next