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Tibet is known as the “Roof of the World” or the “Land of Snows”.
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Tibetan Buddhist Gompas
Gompas or Gönpas (Tibetan: དགོན་པ།, dgon pa “remote place”, Sanskrit araṇya), also known as ling ( gling) The designs and interior details of gompas vary from region to region, they...
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Dalai Lama
His Holiness visited Spiti in June 2009 and gave a teaching to many locals who came from nearby valleys to see him. The newly built monastery which was inaugurated by...
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Butter Art
For Tibetan Buddhist monks and laity, artistic butter designs, known as torma or tsepdro, take on a spiritual role. Traditionally made using yak butter mixed with barley flour and coloring...
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Mountain Passes Kunzum Range
Passes in Tibetan are called La We are entering Spiti valley from Manali and Lahaul valley via the Rohtang pass. From the 4550m top of Kunzum La on a clear...
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The Inner Life
For millennia in Ladakh the many Buddhist Gompas that sprang up in this extarodinary landscape have nurtured and instructed the inner life for all who enter there. Just to step...
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People on the Mountain Path
Gassing up ready to ride Here are some of the amazing friends and travellers that I have met over the past 14 years riding in the mountains. The freedom that...
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Where I started
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Bridge to Tibet
On the road to Spiti Valley there are many bridges now crossing the might Sutlej river. The Tibet highway connecting this area with Tibet was cut into the mountain side...
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Reaching for the Beyond : :
Chiu Gompa built into the cliffs on a hill on the shores of Lake Manasarovar in Tibet Lake Manasarovar is near the source of the Sutlej River which is the...
