Ganden Monastery

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# 2 View From Ganden Monastery 

# 3 Ticket

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# 8 Prayer Flag

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# 10 Tibetan Tour Guide

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# 13 Ganden Monastery.... More Photo...... 

Wikipedia :

Ganden Monastery (also Gaden or Gandain) or Ganden Namgyeling is one of the 'great three' Gelukpa university monasteries ofTibet, located at the top of Wangbur Mountain, Tagtse County, 36 kilometers ENE from the Potala Palace in Lhasa, at an altitude of 4,300m. (The other two 'great monasteries' are Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery.)

Its full name is Ganden Namgyal Ling (dga' ldan rmam rgyal gling). Ganden means "joyful" and is the Tibetan name for Tuṣita, the heaven where the bodhisattva Maitreya is said to reside. Namgyal Ling means "victorious temple".... More....

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# 15 Ganden Monastery Merchandise Shop

# 16 Toilet

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# 18 View From Toilet

Camera :

- Canon EOS 600D ; 10-22mm f3.5-4.5 USM (#1, #2, #8, #13, #14)

- Canon EOS 50D ; 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 IS (#3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #9, #10)

- Canon G12 (#11, #12, #17, #18)

- Olympus Pen E-PL1 ; 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 L (#15, #16)

Date :

10-27 June 2011

Location :

Ganden Monastery - Lhasa

Tibet