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31 October 2023

GANZI, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Visitors at the Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute in Ganzi city, Sichuan province, China, October 12, 2023. Tibetan Buddhist practitioners on the Altar City. The Seta Wuming Buddhist Institute is one of the most complete and largest Buddhist monasteries in the world, with tens of thousands of monks practicing and learning all year round, living in a mountain red house surrounded by mountains. Here, with the Buddhist Academy's main hall as its core, thousands of cabins are densely packed across the hillside.

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24 March 2019

Buddha statues on the territory of the monastery complex under construction, Monastic Zone, Lumbini, Nepal on March 22, 2019. Lumbini is one of the world’s most Buddhist spiritual sites and the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. Lumbini Monastic Zone has a number of monasteries and temples build by Buddhist organizations from various countries, have been completed or are still under construction. Lumbini was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.

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24 March 2019

Buddha statues on the territory of the monastery complex under construction, Monastic Zone, Lumbini, Nepal on March 22, 2019. Lumbini is one of the world’s most Buddhist spiritual sites and the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. Lumbini Monastic Zone has a number of monasteries and temples build by Buddhist organizations from various countries, have been completed or are still under construction. Lumbini was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.

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24 March 2019

Buddha statues on the territory of the monastery complex under construction, Monastic Zone, Lumbini, Nepal on March 22, 2019. Lumbini is one of the world’s most Buddhist spiritual sites and the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. Lumbini Monastic Zone has a number of monasteries and temples build by Buddhist organizations from various countries, have been completed or are still under construction. Lumbini was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.

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24 March 2019

Buddha statues on the territory of the monastery complex under construction, Monastic Zone, Lumbini, Nepal on March 22, 2019. Lumbini is one of the world’s most Buddhist spiritual sites and the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. Lumbini Monastic Zone has a number of monasteries and temples build by Buddhist organizations from various countries, have been completed or are still under construction. Lumbini was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.

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24 March 2019

Buddha statues on the territory of the monastery complex under construction, Monastic Zone, Lumbini, Nepal on March 22, 2019. Lumbini is one of the world’s most Buddhist spiritual sites and the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. Lumbini Monastic Zone has a number of monasteries and temples build by Buddhist organizations from various countries, have been completed or are still under construction. Lumbini was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.

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24 March 2019

Buddha statues on the territory of the monastery complex under construction, Monastic Zone, Lumbini, Nepal on March 22, 2019. Lumbini is one of the world’s most Buddhist spiritual sites and the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. Lumbini Monastic Zone has a number of monasteries and temples build by Buddhist organizations from various countries, have been completed or are still under construction. Lumbini was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.

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24 March 2019

The Monastic Zone of Lumbini, Nepal on March 20, 2019. Lumbini is one of the world’s most Buddhist spiritual sites and the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. Lumbini Monastic Zone has a number of monasteries and temples build by Buddhist organizations from various countries, have been completed or are still under construction. Lumbini was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.

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24 March 2019

A group of young Buddhist monks walk through the Monastic Zone area, Lumbini, Nepal on March 19, 2019. Lumbini is one of the world’s most Buddhist spiritual sites and the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. Lumbini Monastic Zone has a number of monasteries and temples build by Buddhist organizations from various countries, have been completed or are still under construction. Lumbini was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.

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24 March 2019

The World Peace Pagoda on the territory of the Monastic Zone, Lumbini, Nepal on March 20, 2019. Lumbini is one of the world’s most Buddhist spiritual sites and the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. Lumbini Monastic Zone has a number of monasteries and temples build by Buddhist organizations from various countries, have been completed or are still under construction. Lumbini was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.

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24 March 2019

The World Peace Pagoda on the territory of the Monastic Zone, Lumbini, Nepal on March 20, 2019. Lumbini is one of the world’s most Buddhist spiritual sites and the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. Lumbini Monastic Zone has a number of monasteries and temples build by Buddhist organizations from various countries, have been completed or are still under construction. Lumbini was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.

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24 March 2019

Myanmar Golden Temple on the territory of the Monastic Zone, Lumbini, Nepal on March 20, 2019. Lumbini is one of the world’s most Buddhist spiritual sites and the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. Lumbini Monastic Zone has a number of monasteries and temples build by Buddhist organizations from various countries, have been completed or are still under construction. Lumbini was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.

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24 March 2019

The temple under construction on the territory of a Buddhist monastery, Monastic Zone, Lumbini, Nepal on March 22, 2019. Lumbini is one of the world’s most Buddhist spiritual sites and the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. Lumbini Monastic Zone has a number of monasteries and temples build by Buddhist organizations from various countries, have been completed or are still under construction. Lumbini was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.

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15 February 2019

Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery, Kavrepalanchok District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal, in February 2019. Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery, located about 45 kilometers outside of Kathmandu, is a large Tibetan Buddhist monastic complex with several hundred monks. The site for this monastery is Tagmo Lüjin (the place where the future Buddha sacrificed his body to a tigress) which held as supremely sacred to Tibetan Buddhism and one of the most important Buddhist religious sites in Nepal, popular for both Nepalis and Tibetans pilgrims. (

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15 February 2019

View of the Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery, Kavrepalanchok District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal, in February 2019. Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery, located about 45 kilometers outside of Kathmandu, is a large Tibetan Buddhist monastic complex with several hundred monks. The site for this monastery is Tagmo Lüjin (the place where the future Buddha sacrificed his body to a tigress) which held as supremely sacred to Tibetan Buddhism and one of the most important Buddhist religious sites in Nepal, popular for both Nepalis and Tibetans pilgrims. (

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15 February 2019

Prayer Flags around the Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery hills, Kavrepalanchok District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal, in February 2019. Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery, located about 45 kilometers outside of Kathmandu, is a large Tibetan Buddhist monastic complex with several hundred monks. The site for this monastery is Tagmo Lüjin (the place where the future Buddha sacrificed his body to a tigress) which held as supremely sacred to Tibetan Buddhism and one of the most important Buddhist religious sites in Nepal, popular for both Nepalis and Tibetans pilgrims. (

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