POV497953: Tibetan Buddhist chortens (stupas) overlooking traditional Zanskari farming village (note drying livestock fodder on roofs), autumn harvest landscape on river plain & snowcapped Great Himalayan Range beyond, Pipiting, nr. Padum, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images
POV497990: Buddhist puja (prayer) offering, daily morning purification ritual: Burning (like incense) roasted barley (tsampa) & yak butter in spoon to ensure health of crops, livestock & people in remote Himalayan village, Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images
POV497991: Buddhist puja (prayer) offering, daily morning purification ritual: Burning (like incense) roasted barley (tsampa) & yak butter in spoon to ensure health of crops, livestock & people in remote Himalayan village, Reru (aka. Raru), Lungnak Valley, Zanskar, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India / Bridgeman Images
POV498051: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Two Gelugpa monks playing dung-chen (long copper trumpets) on monastery roof announcing beginning of midday puja (ritual service), across Indus Valley towards Zanskar Range Thiksey Gompa, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images
POV498074: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Priest/monk performing fire ritual/ceremony/puja chinsek (here dedicated to Jigjed=Tara Chenmo) where offerings are passed into sacrifical fire to pacify the deities visualized in the fire Thiksey Gompa (Gelugpa order monastery), Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images
POV498076: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Monks (note front monk holding bell & vajra) chanting at fire ritual/ceremony/puja chinsek (here dedicated to Jigjed=Tara Chenmo) where offerings are passed into sacrifical fire to pacify the deities visualized in the fire Thiksey Gompa (Gelugpa order monastery), Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images
POV498080: Tibetan Buddhism (Tantric B., Vajrayana): Priest/monk using small ceremonial double-sided hand drum (damaru) and hand bell (dril bu) during fire ritual/ceremony/puja chinsek (here dedicated to Jigjed=Tara Chenmo) where offerings are passed into sacrifical fire to pacify the deities visualized in the fire, Thiksey Gompa (Gelugpa order monastery), Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himalayas, India / Bridgeman Images