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The city currently known as Shangri La,

DSC_4067 s.JPG Tashi is observing spore disposal from a SpathulariaThumbnailsThe Garuda (Tibetan: Khyung), biding down on a snake, will be mounted behind the head of the Buddha statue.Tashi is observing spore disposal from a SpathulariaThumbnailsThe Garuda (Tibetan: Khyung), biding down on a snake, will be mounted behind the head of the Buddha statue.Tashi is observing spore disposal from a SpathulariaThumbnailsThe Garuda (Tibetan: Khyung), biding down on a snake, will be mounted behind the head of the Buddha statue.Tashi is observing spore disposal from a SpathulariaThumbnailsThe Garuda (Tibetan: Khyung), biding down on a snake, will be mounted behind the head of the Buddha statue.

formerly for 50 years Zhongdian and before that for many many centuries as Gyalthang, the royal plains by its Tibetan inhabitants.