Pilgrim on its own way to circle the Kailash
Memo Nanyi (Gurla Mandhata) peak (7728 m)
Holy bath in the Holy Lake Manasarovar
Lake side at the Manasarovar (4556 m)
Stupa at the Seralung Gompa
Mt. Chyangresi and its icefall
Drolma La pass 5.665 m
Drolma La pass 5.665 m
Myself in front of thousand prayer flags
Along the hill-climbing to the Drolma La pass
Lhachu valley
Overnight camp in the Lhachu valley
Seralung Gompa
Frozen feeder to Karnali river
Crossing near the spring of Brahmaputra
Mani wall leading to the lake side
Lhachu valley
Mani stones at the Zutulpuk Monastery
2000 year old Maitreya Buddha
Crossing a crusty snow field
Shabje Drakthok
Lhachu valley
Our Sherpa beside the Lhachu river
Mountain scape before Deraphuk
Steep faces at the left side
Walking the Kora
Darchen village
The first Kilometer of the Kora
Chorten and the Kailash peak
Simple restaurant for lunch break
Tourist yak.....bien coiffe (Tibetan Harley Davids…
Evening cows . Alchi. Ladakh.
The road over Kunzum La (4600m)
Impressive cloud formations
Headstream of the Changjiang River (Yangtze River)
Close to the Tanggula Snow Mountain
The high mountans in the background
Near Amdo
Crossing an icefield after the Drolma La
Seralung Gompa
Inside the Potala
Tea vendor
Woman's work
The road to Lamayuru....moonscape
Ladakh. "Little Tibet". India
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Measure in length with its own body
... up and down 30.000 times to circle the mountain.
The pilgrim bends down, kneels, prostrates full-length, makes a mark with his fingers, rises to his knees, prays, and then crawls forward on hands and knees to the mark made by his/her fingers before repeating the process. It requires at least four weeks of physical endurance to perform the circumambulation while following this regimen.
The pilgrim bends down, kneels, prostrates full-length, makes a mark with his fingers, rises to his knees, prays, and then crawls forward on hands and knees to the mark made by his/her fingers before repeating the process. It requires at least four weeks of physical endurance to perform the circumambulation while following this regimen.
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