In the afternoon, I had the guide drop me back at Tashilhunpo |
Stupa on the west side of Tashilhunpo Monastery |
A kora (pilgrimage) circuit circles Tashilhunpo Monastery offering good views |
Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit marked by a continuous string of prayer wheels |
Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Chapel of Jampa from the Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit leading up the hills behind the monastery |
Chapel of Jampa housing the 27m tall Future Buddha, Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Looking east across the main row of buildings of Tashilhunpo along the north edge of the monastery |
Northwest corner of Tashilhunpo Monastery |
Tibetan woman walking the Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Prayer wheels and prayer flags of the Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Northwest corner of the Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit with the Jampa Chapel |
Well trodden path |
Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Dog watching me pass |
Northwest corner of Tashilhunpo Monastery with the kora circuit |
Looking back along the west wall of Tashilhunpo Monastery |
The Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit climbs high on the hill above the monastery |
Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
The north wall of Tashilhunpo Monastery |
Gilded roofs of the Tombs of the Panchen Lamas (10th, 4th, 5-9th from right to left) |
Gilded roof of the Tomb of the 10th Panchen Lama, 1989 |
Tashilhunpo Monastery from the northwest |
Jampa Chapel from behind |
Palace of the Panchen Lamas and the Tomb of the 5th-9th Panchen Lamas, Tashilhunpo Monastery |
The festival thangka wall, Tashilhunpo |
Gilded roofs of the tombs of the Panchen Lamas |
Tomb of the 10th Panchen Lama, Tashilhunpo Monastery |
Tomb of the 10th Panchen Lama, Tashilhunpo Monastery |
Jampa Chapel, Tashilhunpo |
Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit along the north wall of the monatery |
Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Tashilhunpo Monastery and the city of Shigatse |
North wall of Tashilhunpo Monastery |
Engravings along the Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Tibetan woman walking the Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Prayer flag covered mountain behind Tashilhunpo Monastery |
Place for burning offerings |
Tibetan language carved in stone, Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Kora Circuit passing behind the festival thangka wall of Tashilhunpo Monastery |
Festival Thangka Wall, Tashilhunpo |
Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Rock art along the Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Thangka-style painting on a rock along theTashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Om Mani Padme Hum |
Tashilhunpo Monastery from the northeast in the afternoon |
Engravings in Tibetan language |
A pile of yak skulls, some painted and engraved in Tibetan |
Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Pile of yak stulls and small engraved rocks, Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
View of Shigatse from the northeast corner of the Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Yak skull carved with Om Mani Padme Hum |
Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Buddhist rock art along the Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Green Tara painted on a rock |
Thangka style painting of a Wrathful Deity painted on a rock |
Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit with Shigatse Dzong in the distance |
Tashilhunpo Kora Circuit |
Rather than complete the Kora Circuit, I stayed on the hillside trail and headed for the castle |