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  • A modern Mongolian visitor makes a cell phone call from the Temple of the Yadam at Choijin Lama Temple, a rare, remaining Tibetan Buddhist sanctuary in Ulaanbaator.  During the country's Soviet occupation, religion was discouraged and thousands of monks and lamas were executed.  The religion is making a resurgence after independence.
    MGe 060624-022.jpg
  • Temple of the Yadam at Choijin Lama Temple, a rare, remaining Tibetan Buddhist sanctuary in Ulaanbaator, Mongolia, a country where monks and lamas were executed after communist takeover.  The religion is making a resurgence after independence
    MGe 060624-019.jpg
  • A protective "singha" lion outside Choijinlam Temple, a rare, remaining Tibetan Buddhist sanctuary in Ulaanbaator, Mongolia. During the country's Soviet occupation, religion was discouraged and thousands of monks and lamas were executed.  The religion is making a resurgence after independence.
    MGe 060624-036.jpg
  • Wrathful & protective deities in Choijinlam Temple, a rare, remaining Tibetan Buddhist sanctuary in Ulaanbaator, Mongolia.  During the country's Soviet occupation, religion was discouraged and thousands of monks and lamas were executed.  The religion is making a resurgence after independence.
    MGe 060624-011.jpg
  • Buddha figures in Choijinlam Temple, a rare, remaining Tibetan Buddhist sanctuary in Ulaanbaator, Mongolia. During the country's Soviet occupation, religion was discouraged and thousands of monks and lamas were executed.  The religion is making a resurgence after independence.
    MGe 060624-030.jpg
  • Choijinlam Temple, a rare, remaining Tibetan Buddhist sanctuary in Ulaanbaator, Mongolia. During the country's Soviet occupation, religion was discouraged and thousands of monks and lamas were executed.  The religion is making a resurgence after independence.
    MGe 060624-026.jpg
  • Protective "singha" lion outside Choijinlam Temple, a rare, remaining Tibetan Buddhist sanctuary in Ulaanbaator, Mongolia, a country where monks and lamas were executed after communist takeover.  The religion is making a resurgence after independence
    MGe 060624-035.jpg
  • Doorknob at Choijinlam Temple, a rare, remaining Tibetan Buddhist sanctuary in Ulaanbaator, Mongolia.  During the country's Soviet occupation, religion was discouraged and thousands of monks and lamas were executed.  The religion is making a resurgence after independence.
    MGe 060624-033.jpg
  • A Hindu ascetic (sadhu) sits on temple steps in Durbar Square.
    KM 0739.jpg
  • A father and son stand atop a granite dome in Big Pine Canyon in California's eastern Sierra Nevada.  Behind them are Slide Mountain and Temple Crag.
    BP 5692.jpg
  • A mother and her son stand atop a granite dome in Big Pine Canyon in California's Sierra Nevada.  Behind them is the Palisade Glacier (R) and (L to R) Slide Mountain, Temple Crag, Mount Gayley, Mount Sill & North Palisade.
    BP 5675.jpg
  • John Moynier bivouacs atop Temple Crag, above the Palisade Glacier in California's Sierra Nevada.
    CL 5659.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET.  Tibetan Buddhist monks & devotees outside of largest gompa (temple) at Tashilumpo Monastery, Shigatse, seat of the Panchen Lama, 2nd holiest in Tibet.
    CF 2508.jpg
  • Buddha figure in Choijinlam Temple, a rare, remaining Tibetan Buddhist sanctuary in Ulaanbaator, Mongolia, a country where monks and lamas were executed after communist takeover.  The religion is making a resurgence after independence
    MGe 060624-006.jpg
  • Ornately sculpted altars & deities in Choijinlam Temple, a rare, remaining Tibetan Buddhist sanctuary in Ulaanbaator, Mongolia, a country where monks and lamas were executed after communist takeover.  The religion is making a resurgence after independence
    MGe 060624-005.jpg
  • American Sikhs attend a morning prayer vigil at a temple near Santa Fe, New Mexico.
    NM 0546.jpg
  • Patan, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.  Classic Newari design pagoda temple in Patan, Nepal.
    KT 0908.jpg
  • A rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), aka rhesus monkey, cuddles her baby atop a gilded sculpture by Swambhu'nath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
    KT 0808.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Tibetan Buddhist stupa & prayer flags at Bodhnath temple.
    KM 2208.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Mythical lion (Singha) guards a temple.
    KM 1935.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Wood carvings of Buddha on temple door in Durbar Square.
    KM 1927.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Outdoor vegetable market by temple at Durbar Square.
    KM 0874.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Hindu sculpture of Shiva at Pashupatinath Temple
    KM 0528b.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Tibetan buddhist <br />
chortens & stupa at Swayambhunath Temple.
    KM 0312.jpg
  • An elderly Sherpa woman turns a huge prayer wheel at a small temple in Namche Bazaar, the leading town for the  Sherpa culture in Nepal.
    KF 0512.jpg
  • Andy Selters sets up a tricky Tyrolean Traverse on the Sun Ribbon Arete of Temple Crag in the Palisade region of California's Sierra Nevada.
    CL 5501.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist monk & devotees exit a gompa (temple) at Tashilumpo Monastery, Shigatse.
    CF 2532.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Tibetan Buddhist devotees prostrate & pray in front of Jokhang Temple, holiest site in Tibet.
    CF 1366.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Tibetan Buddhist devotees prostrate and pray in Barkhor Plaza in front of Jokhang Temple, one of Tibet's holiest sites.  Potala background.
    CF 1350.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA.  Woman passes dog as she spins Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheels lining a wall near the Jokhang Temple.
    CF 1302.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA.  Jokhang Temple (L) & Barkhor Plaza in 1986, when this was center of city.  Today many outlying buildings have been razed & sprawling modern development surrounds this scene.
    CF 1206.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Tibetan Buddhist devotees pray and make yak butter offerings at chapel inside Jokhang Temple, holiest site in Tibet.
    CF 1009.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala palace, former home of Dalai Lama, viewed from Jokhang Temple (holiest in Tibet), where gilt sculptures adorn the roof. Photo from 1986. Today modern Chinese buildings clutter the view.
    CF 0626.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist devotees pray & prostrate in front of Lhasa's Jokhang Temple, one of Tibet's holiest sites.
    CF 0614.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist devotees pray in front of Lhasa's Jokhang Temple, one of holiest in this ancient land.
    CF 0606.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist devotee circles Lhasa's Jokhang Temple with prayer wheel & rosary beads as he chants the mantra "Om mani padme hum" (Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus).
    CF 0461.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET.  Chinese shopkeeper sells skins of endangered leopards in Lhasa's Barkor Bazaar near the Jokhang Temple.
    CF 0441.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims circle Lhasa's Jokhang Temple through the Barkhor Bazaar (1986).
    CF 0435.jpg
  • Villagers circumambulate the Jokhang Temple, one of holiest sites in Lhasa, Tibet, China.
    CF 0423.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan monk & pilgrims pray and spin prayer wheels for alms in Barkhor Bazaar surrounding the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
    CF 0315.jpg
  • A family rests during a hike in Big Pine Canyon, part of John Muir Wilderness in California's Sierra Nevada.  Left to Right in the background are Slide Mountain, Temple Crag, Mount Gayley and Mount Sill.  The Palisade Glacier is just visible on far upper right.
    BP 5876.jpg
  • Ben Wiltsie admires view of Second Lake and Temple Crag in California's Sierra Nevada.
    BP 5632.jpg
  • A rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), aka rhesus monkey, cuddles her baby atop a gilded sculpture by Swambhu'nath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
    KT 0808.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET.  Tibetan Buddhist devotees enter gompa (temple) at Tashilumpo Monastery in Shigatse, home of Panchen Lama, 2nd holiest in Tibet
    CF 2547.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA.  Village woman spins Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheels lining a wall near the Jokhang Temple.
    CF 1303.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Golden temple roof at Sera Monastery.
    CF 1231.jpg
  • A family hikes in Big Pine Canyon, part of John Muir Wilderness in California's Sierra Nevada.  Temple Crag and Slide Mountain, part of the Palisade peaks, rises in the background.
    BP 5867.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu Valley. Hindus celebrate Krishna's Birthday (Krishna Asthami) at at temples and pagodas in Durbar Square in Patan.
    KM 3221.jpg
  • NEPAL, Kathmandu Valley.  Beset by a monsoon rain squall, Hindus celebrate Krishna's Birthday (Krishna Asthami) at at temples and pagodas in Durbar Square in Patan.
    KM 3214.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many Tibetan Buddhist temples. Photo from 1986, before explosive city growth and Chinese construction of new buildings.
    CF 1195.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA.  Pilgrims in Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many Tibetan Buddhist shrines & temples.
    CF 1130.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many revered Tibetan Buddhist temples. Prayer flags foreground (shown here in 1986) are now gone & modern concrete buildings clutter the scene.
    CF 1070.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many revered Tibetan Buddhist temples. Prayer flags foreground.
    CF 1065.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many revered Tibetan Buddhist temples. Prayer flags foreground.
    CF 1046.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. Potala Palace, former abode of Dalai Lama & site of many revered Tibetan Buddhist temples. Prayer flags foreground.
    CF 1042.jpg
  • A crowd of Hindus worshippers celebrate Krishna's Birthday at Durbar Square in Patan, a sister city to Kathmandu, Nepal.
    KM 3222.jpg
  • in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2107.jpg
  • Stone painting at Ganden Monastery in Ulaanbaator, Mongolia.
    MGe 060624-042.jpg
  • Young Sherpa [Sherpani] women at Nepal's old Tengboche Monastery watch as young monks play (out of frame.)
    KF 1107.jpg
  • A youngster enjoys the setting in Big Pine Canyon.
    CLP 1734.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET.  Tibetan Buddhist monk tends yak butter lamps at Samye Monastery, one of oldest in Tibet.
    CF 1526.jpg
  • Lhasa, Tibet, People's Republic of China.	Sera Monastery overlooks Lhasa before mass influx of Chinese migrants.
    CF 1228.jpg
  • Ben & Nick Wiltsie (MR) romp on a granite dome in the John Muir Wilderness of California's Sierra Nevada.
    BP 5886.jpg
  • Hindus celebrate Krishna's Birthday at Durbar Square in Patan.
    KM 3222.jpg
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Tengboche Monastery & 6,812 meter (22,349') Ama Dablam, Khumbu region. (1979 photo, before it burned in 1989 and was rebuilt)
    KF 1353.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
  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Tengboche Monastery & Ama Dablam, Khumbu region. (Photo from 1979, before it burned in 1989 and was rebuilt)
    K 2116.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. The Potala, home of the now-exiled Dalai Lama, reflects in an adjacent pool in 1993. The view is now cluttered with modern Chinese structures.
    CF 1400.jpg
  • CHINA, TIBET, LHASA. The Potala, home of the now-exiled Dalai Lama, reflects in an adjacent pool in 1986. The view is now cluttered with modern Chinese structures.
    CF 1004.jpg
  • The Annapurna massif towers above a Tibetan Buddhis temple (gompa) in remote remote Manang village, Nepal.
    AN 2714.jpg
  • Lhasa, Tibet, People's Republic of China. Tibetan Buddhist nuns chant and pray in a temple at their nunnery.
    CF 3304.jpg
  • A rock carving of a face adorns the cornerstone of a temple at Kuelap, a stronghold of the pre-Incan Chachapoyan culture in Peru's Cordillera Central.
    PE 1630.jpg
  • A crowd shelters under umbrellas as Hindu celebrants gather amongst pagodas to celebrate Krishna's birthday at the temple square in Patan Nepal, 1996.
    KM 3208.jpg
  • A Hindu ascetic poses with a cobra around his neck at a temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2750.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 crowd shelters under umbrellas as Hindu celebrants gather amongst pagodas to celebrate Krishna's birthday at the temple square in Patan Nepal, 1996.
    KM 3208.jpg
  • A Hindu ascetic poses with a cobra around his neck at a temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2750.jpg
  • A youngster stands near vendors outside a temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 1881.jpg
  • A Tibetan Buddhist monk prostrates himself as he circles  Swaymbhu Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1986.
    KM 0342.jpg
  • A young monk peeks from a temple at Gandan Monastery in Ullaanbaatar, Mongolia.
    MGe 080719-039.jpg
  • Vegetable merchants display their wares outside a Hindu temple in Kathmandu, Nepal
    KT 1935.jpg
  • Higher caste Hindus gather for ritual purification in the Bagmati River at the 1977  Genai Pherni festival at Gokarna Temple in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.
    KT 1514.jpg
  • Hindu ascetics sit outside a temple in Kathmandu, Nepal
    KT 1503.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 0517.jpg
  • A gilt doorway to a shrine at Swayambhu Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
    KT 0515.jpg
  • A gilt doorway to a shrine at Swayambhu Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
    KT 0511.jpg
  • Hindu celebrants gather amongst pagodas to celebrate Krishna's birthday at the temple square in Patan Nepal, 1996.
    KM 3247.jpg
  • A crowd shelters under umbrellas as Hindu celebrants gather amongst pagodas to celebrate Krishna's birthday at the temple square in Patan Nepal, 1996.
    KM 3239.jpg
  • A crowd shelters under umbrellas as Hindu celebrants gather amongst pagodas to celebrate Krishna's birthday at the temple square in Patan Nepal, 1996.
    KM 3208.jpg
  • Hindu celebrants gather around Kumbeshwar Temple, in Patan, Nepal, where higher caste men bathe and change their sacred threads & women line up for darshan blessings.
    KM 3076.jpg
  • A Nepali Girl Scout helps guide crowds as Hindu celebrants gather around Kumbeshwar Temple, in Patan, Nepal, where higher caste men bathe and change their sacred threads & women line up for darshan blessings.
    KM 3054.jpg
  • A Nepali Boy Scout helps guide crowds as Hindu celebrants gather around Kumbeshwar Temple, in Patan, Nepal, where higher caste men bathe and change their sacred threads & women line up for darshan blessings.
    KM 3047.jpg
  • Hindu celebrants gather around Kumbeshwar Temple, in Patan, Nepal, where higher caste men bathe and change their sacred threads & women line up for darshan blessings.
    KM 3041.jpg
  • Hindu celebrants gather around Kumbeshwar Temple, in Patan, Nepal, where higher caste men bathe and change their sacred threads & women line up for darshan blessings.
    KM 3011.jpg
  • Hindu celebrants gather around Kumbeshwar Temple, in Patan, Nepal, where higher caste men bathe and change their sacred threads & women line up for darshan blessings.
    KM 2920.jpg
  • Hindu celebrants gather around Kumbeshwar Temple, in Patan, Nepal, where higher caste men bathe and change their sacred threads & women line up for darshan blessings.
    KM 2913.jpg
  • A Hindu ascetic poses with a cobra around his neck at a temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996.
    KM 2753.jpg
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