Tibetan and Sherpa pilgrims prostrating in the inner courtyard of Chiwong Monastery, Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
Devotees at the  Karttika Deepam festival.
An individual, very pious, representing their area, sit or lie down on the ground with burning oil lamps resting on their bodies covered with cow dung for hours to gain merit for himself and his localities. Brahmayani Temple, Bhaktapur.
An individual, very pious, representing their area, sit or lie down on the ground with burning oil lamps resting on their bodies covered with cow dung for hours to gain merit for himself and his localities. Brahmayani Temple, Bhaktapur.
An individual, very pious, representing their area, sit or lie down on the ground with burning oil lamps resting on their bodies covered with cow dung for hours to gain merit for himself and his localities. Brahmayani Temple, Bhaktapur.
Tibetan woman offering prostration during centennial ceremony of His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse at Monastery in Bouddha, Kathmadnu, Nepal.
Monk prostrating in front of Maha Bodhi Temple. Bodhgaya
Prostration is a gesture used in Buddhist practice to show reverence to the Triple Gem (comprising the Buddha, his teachings, and the spiritual community) and other objects of veneration.
Bodhgaya, India.
Bonpo ladies prostrating.
Lubra, Mustang, Nepal.
Buddhist monks prostrating at Maha Bodhi temple complex in Bodhgaya.
Prostration is a gesture used in Buddhist practice to show reverence to the Triple Gem (comprising the Buddha, his teachings, and the spiritual community) and other objects of veneration.
Kalachakra Initiation in Bodhgaya, India. (Jan-2012)
Tibetan and Sherpa pilgrims prostrating in the inner courtyard of Chiwong Monastery, Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
Tibetan and Sherpa pilgrims prostrating in the inner courtyard of Chiwong Monastery, Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
Tibetan and Sherpa pilgrims prostrating in the inner courtyard of Chiwong Monastery, Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
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