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Swayambhunath: the temple of the screaming monkeys

On a hill on the outskirts of Kathmandu stands the temple of Swayambhunath, known as the Monkey Temple by the large number of monkeys that roam the neighborhood. To reach the stupa have to climb 365 stone steps, each more vertically, closely stalked by a legion of macaques. Up, you seen the giant eyes of Buddha. By Ricardo COARASA.

byRicardo Coarasa

20 June, 2011

Through the Himalayas
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Tashilumpo: Giant Buddha Rats

Tashilunpo monastery was home to the second authority in Tibet, The Panchen Lama. When the Dalai Lama fled the Chinese invasion, Beijing sought and found their support. But the idyll did not last long and ended up imprisoned Panchen Lama. I'm in Shigatse, at the foot of the largest Buddha statue in the world. A monk asked me 30 photograph yuan. Is it true that some of them are Chinese agents?

byRicardo Coarasa

7 April, 2011

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