Brightly dressed boys and girls mounted on horses and carts, accompanied by their guardians, make their way to a Buddhist ...

BAIJNATH, India (AP) — Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, cymbals and long horns. Behind them ...

Festivals celebration is another major attraction for the tourists, locals and Buddhists in Thiksey Monastery. ALSO READ 10 pictures of Ladakh that will seduce the traveler in you! There is a very ...

Situated in North Miami Beach, this monastery has a storied past. Officially known as the Monastery of St. Bernard de Clairvaux, construction on the structure began in A.D. 1133 in northern Spain ...

The Monastery of Jerónimos or the Jerónimos Monastery, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Lisbon's Belém district. Exemplifying Portugal's Manueline style – a highly ornate style of ...

Some stones also have pictures of chortens and mandalas along with the usual inscriptions. The monastery has a museum featuring a wide collection of Tibetan and other artifacts of the region.

The cham dance is performed in this monastery in the Himalayas the day before the Tibetan new year, known as Losar, evoking Mahakala to remove obstacles and cleanse the place of negative energy.