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Coming down from the upper levels of the Pelkor Chöde Monastery assembly hall, this man is carrying a small bag of རྩམ་པ་ (tsampa, a roasted flour, usually made of barley). Tsampa is one of the common offerings in Tibetan Buddhist temples. Later in the day, the making of tsampa will end up becoming an interesting interlude in our journey.
October 2016, Pelkor Chöde Monastery, Gyantse (རྒྱལ་རྩེ), Tibet (བོད་).
Back inside. So what do you do with a giant thangka when it is not on display outside for a festival? Fold and roll it up neatly. The thangka is a holy and venerated object. The silk scarves resting on the thangka are left as offerings.
October 2016, Pelkor Chöde Monastery, Gyantse (རྒྱལ་རྩེ), Tibet (བོད་).
Another guardian going off duty. October 2016, Pelkor Chöde Monastery, Gyantse (རྒྱལ་རྩེ), Tibet (བོད་).
