The local community helps erecting the statue of Buddha Shakyamuni.
The Garuda (Tibetan: Khyung), biding down on a snake, will be mounted behind the head of the Buddha statue.
The local community helps erecting the statue of Buddha Shakyamuni.
Pombu or Dekyi Gompa, a Kagyupa monastery founded in 1169 by the First Karmapa Dusum Chenpa
We had our picnick lunch next to bags of juniper boughs that will be used as filling for the statue.
Prayer mills line the Korwa circuit, the walk around the monastery.
A ten foot prayer mill
Rheum alexandrae Alexanders Rhubarb, also an important medicinal in Tibetan Medicine and TCM
Pombu or Dekyi Gompa just north of Sumdo (4200m / 14,000ft).
Alexanders Rhubarb flowers are protected from wind, weather and radiation, all intense in high altitude.
Nomad woman with typical 108 hair braids.
A nomad family we met in Trakaniri.
A mani pile, consisting of rocks that are engraved with Mantras like On Mani Padma hung.
Pilgrims burning incense, here shukpa, juniper bows at Trakaniri in Lithang.
A nearly completed Mandala made of sand
Yak cows being molken. Yak milk has 5 to 7% fat, very rich!
Dorje, a mobile matsutake dealer we met in Nyachuka
An orchid found in 4200m
Lilium bakerianum var. delavayi growing in 2800m in Nyachuka / Yajiang
Lilium bakerianum var. delavayi.