Larung Gar: 40 thousand Buddhists at high altitude

Larung Gar: 40 thousand Buddhists at high altitude

Categories: Asia

The world's largest Buddhist academy, Larung Gar, is located in Sertar County, Tibet, China. It is located at an altitude of 4000 meters, now more than 40 thousand monks, nuns and their students live there. The academy was founded in 1980 in a completely uninhabited valley, and today it is one of the most important centers of Buddhism in the world. Let's see photos from this amazing place.

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Larung Gar: 40 thousand Buddhists at high altitude

Larung Gar: 40 thousand Buddhists at high altitude

The monks on their way to school descend from a height of 4000 meters.

Larung Gar: 40 thousand Buddhists at high altitude

Evening view of the monastery.

Larung Gar: 40 thousand Buddhists at high altitude

Monastic cells. Inside there are no TVs, heating and toilets - complete asceticism.

Larung Gar: 40 thousand Buddhists at high altitude

Ordinary Tibetans live next to the monks.

Larung Gar: 40 thousand Buddhists at high altitude

The rhythm of the red houses is mesmerizing.

Larung Gar: 40 thousand Buddhists at high altitude

A monk immersed in prayer.

Larung Gar: 40 thousand Buddhists at high altitude

Inside the monastery.

Larung Gar: 40 thousand Buddhists at high altitude

Prayer drums.

Larung Gar: 40 thousand Buddhists at high altitude

The monks study after school.

Larung Gar: 40 thousand Buddhists at high altitude

Larung Gar: 40 thousand Buddhists at high altitude

Larung Gar: 40 thousand Buddhists at high altitude

Larung Gar: 40 thousand Buddhists at high altitude

In total, about 40 thousand monks and nuns live in the village.

Keywords: Buddhism | Buddhists | China | Chinese | Monks | Tibet

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