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PMR-D1249 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. Jampa Ling Chapel, where Samye's Great Debate was held, with prayer pole in the foreground. Keywords: architecture, religion, colourful, Asian, Buddhist, temples, picturesque, historical, heritage

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
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Upload Date: 2013-05-05 13:04:45
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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.
Jampa Ling Chapel, where Samye's Great Debate was held, with prayer pole in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, religion, colourful, Asian, Buddhist, temples, picturesque, historical, heritage