"Tsurphu Monastery"

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13 July 2021

Indian soldiers maintain tight security at the entrance of the Rumtek Monastery in Rumtek, Sikkim, India, on June 06, 2010. Since 1992 the monastery has been the site of pitched battles between monks supporting different candidates for the 17th Karmapa. The Karmapa Charitable Trust was supporting Thaye Dorje and Tsurphu Labrang was supporting Ogyen Trinley Dorje. The Shamarpa who supports Trinley Dorje says a sniper tried to assassinate him at the monastery. Armed Indian soldiers still patrol the monastery to prevent violence. The site of the Rumtek Monastery was chosen because there is a river below and snow range of mountains in front and flowing streams and mountains behind and these are all auspicious qualities.

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#1275980

17 June 2016

Buddhism followers attend a Thangka worship activity in the Tsurphu Monastery in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 16, 2016. An annual Thangka worship activity to show a 38-meter-by-35-meter Thangka was held at Tsurphu Monastery, a main base of the Kagyu school in Tibetan Buddhism, on Thursday, attracting many followers. The Thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist scroll-banner painting.

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#1275981

17 June 2016

A monk makes a light offering gesture during a Thangka worship activity in the Tsurphu Monastery in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 16, 2016. An annual Thangka worship activity to show a 38-meter-by-35-meter Thangka was held at Tsurphu Monastery, a main base of the Kagyu school in Tibetan Buddhism, on Thursday, attracting many followers. The Thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist scroll-banner painting.

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#1275982

17 June 2016

An eminent monk attends a Thangka worship activity in the Tsurphu Monastery in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 16, 2016. An annual Thangka worship activity to show a 38-meter-by-35-meter Thangka was held at Tsurphu Monastery, a main base of the Kagyu school in Tibetan Buddhism, on Thursday, attracting many followers. The Thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist scroll-banner painting.

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#1275983

17 June 2016

Buddhism followers attend a Thangka worship activity in the Tsurphu Monastery in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 16, 2016. An annual Thangka worship activity to show a 38-meter-by-35-meter Thangka was held at Tsurphu Monastery, a main base of the Kagyu school in Tibetan Buddhism, on Thursday, attracting many followers. The Thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist scroll-banner painting.

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#1275984

17 June 2016

Buddhism followers attend a Thangka worship activity in the Tsurphu Monastery in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 16, 2016. An annual Thangka worship activity to show a 38-meter-by-35-meter Thangka was held at Tsurphu Monastery, a main base of the Kagyu school in Tibetan Buddhism, on Thursday, attracting many followers. The Thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist scroll-banner painting.

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#1275985

17 June 2016

Photo taken on June 16, 2016 shows Tibetan butter sculptures at a Thangka worship activity at the Tsurphu Monastery in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. An annual Thangka worship activity to show a 38-meter-by-35-meter Thangka was held at Tsurphu Monastery, a main base of the Kagyu school in Tibetan Buddhism, on Thursday, attracting many followers. The Thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist scroll-banner painting.

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#1275986

17 June 2016

Buddhism followers attend a Thangka worship activity in the Tsurphu Monastery in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 16, 2016. An annual Thangka worship activity to show a 38-meter-by-35-meter Thangka was held at Tsurphu Monastery, a main base of the Kagyu school in Tibetan Buddhism, on Thursday, attracting many followers. The Thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist scroll-banner painting.

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#1275987

17 June 2016

Buddhism followers attend a Thangka worship activity in the Tsurphu Monastery in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 16, 2016. An annual Thangka worship activity to show a 38-meter-by-35-meter Thangka was held at Tsurphu Monastery, a main base of the Kagyu school in Tibetan Buddhism, on Thursday, attracting many followers. The Thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist scroll-banner painting.

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#1275988

17 June 2016

Buddhism followers attend a Thangka worship activity in the Tsurphu Monastery in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 16, 2016. An annual Thangka worship activity to show a 38-meter-by-35-meter Thangka was held at Tsurphu Monastery, a main base of the Kagyu school in Tibetan Buddhism, on Thursday, attracting many followers. The Thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist scroll-banner painting.

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