Drepung Monastery

Entrance chorten of Drepung monastery. Tibet

Drepung Monastery

Drepung monastery walls are whitewashed and windows are characteristically rimmed with black paint. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Battered walls of Drepung buildings are made of whitewashed stone. Beyond the temple’s faceted columns are partly covered by a curtain appliquéd with the wheel of life and symbols of longevity. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Battered walls of Drepung buildings are made of whitewashed stone. Tibet.

Drepung, Tibet.

Stone steps leading to a Drepung temple with strong side walls. Above the pembey frieze runs below the monastery roof, adorned with Buddhist symbols. Spires (ganjur) and victory banners top the roof. The color of the frieze is repeated in top part of the walls of the steps. Tibet

Drepung Monastery

Tibetan pilgrims circumambulate Drepung Monastery. Tibet. Battered walls of Drepung buildings are made of whitewashed stone. Beyond the temple’s faceted columns are partly covered by a curtain appliquéd with the wheel of life and symbols of longevity. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Passageway at Drepung Monastery, with a victory banner from the monastery roof seen in the distance. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Tibetan pilgrims circumambulate Drepung Monastery. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Battered walls of Drepung buildings are made of whitewashed stone. Beyond the temple’s faceted columns are partly covered by a curtain appliquéd with the wheel of life and symbols of longevity. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Monks walk pass battered walls of Drepung buildings that are made of whitewashed stone. B Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Stone steps leading to a Drepung temple with strong side walls. Above the pembey frieze runs below the monastery roof, adorned with Buddhist symbols. Spires (ganjur) and victory banners top the roof. The color of the frieze is repeated in top part of the walls of the steps. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Tibetan pilgrims circumambulate Drepung Monastery. Tibet. Battered walls of Drepung buildings are made of whitewashed stone. Beyond the temple’s faceted columns are partly covered by a curtain appliquéd with the wheel of life and symbols of longevity. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Drepung monastery. Tibet

Drepung Monastery

Battered walls of Drepung buildings are made of whitewashed stone. Beyond the temple’s faceted columns are partly covered by a curtain appliquéd with the wheel of life and symbols of longevity. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Massive columns The colorful entrance of Drepung monastery with giant columns and portico with murals. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Massive columns The colorful entrance of Drepung monastery with giant columns and portico with murals. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Massive columns The colorful entrance of Drepung monastery with giant columns and portico with murals. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Massive columns The colorful entrance of Drepung monastery with giant columns and portico with murals. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Huge columns and wangden carpet inside huge assemply hall of Drepung Monastery. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Silk banners catch the light that falls from windows above in Drepung’s great main assembly hall. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Lit from above, silk banners hang from the tall ceiling of Drepung’s grand assembly hall. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Monks praying inside main prayer hall of Drepung monastery. Tibet

Drepung Monastery

Bronze statue of Buddha inside Drepung monastery. Tibet

Drepung Monastery

The great kitchen at Drepung. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Pitchers of wood and brass used for chang in a cabinet of Drepung’s huge kitchen. Tibet.

Drepung Monastery

Drepung monastery Door. Tibet