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PMR-D1233 People's Republic of China, Tibet: Samye Monastery, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet, founded in the late 8th century in the reign of King Trisong Detsen, is laid out in the form of a mandala, representing the Buddhist cosmos. This picture: shrine of 1000-armed Chenresig (Avalokiteshvara). Keywords: architecture, heritage, historical, picturesque, temples, Buddhist, Asian, colourful, religion

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Upload Date: 2013-05-05 11:13:34
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People's Republic of China, Tibet: Samye Monastery, the first Buddhist

monastery in Tibet, founded in the late 8th century in the reign of King Trisong Detsen, is laid out in the form of a mandala, representing the Buddhist cosmos.
This picture: shrine of 1000-armed Chenresig (Avalokiteshvara).
Keywords: architecture, heritage, historical, picturesque, temples, Buddhist, Asian, colourful, religion