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ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
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Buddhist monument, chorten, with Potala in the background.
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description
Buddhist monks trumpet the call to prayers at the Temple of Medicine overlooking Lhasa. Potala is in the background.
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
DescriptionDrepung Monastery, outside Lhasa, the biggest monastery in the world. (10,000 monks)
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description
Inside the Drepung monastery (largest in world) Giant monks, carrying big bronze shafts of authority, walk ahead through the streets to clear the way for visitors.
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description
Nepalese porters with supplies for China, near the summit of Natu pass, at the frontier of India and Tibet.
ContributorsSteele, A.T. (Photographer)
Created1944
Description
A pilgrim passing along the Sacred Way, around the Potala at Lhasa. Note that the path is lined with carved stone and other religious objects.