Shanti stupa perched high above the town of Leh the Shanti stupa commands spectacular views across the surrounding valley and the mountains of the western Himalayas. The Stupa is the most prominent B...

View from Shanti Stupa This Buddhist shrine was built by a Japanese order and opened by the Dalai Lama in 1985. Reached by a steep rock hewn staircase it comands spectacular views of the town of Leh...

The Potala Palace. Chief residence of the Dalai Lama. Detail of interior decoration with statues

The Potala Palace. Chief residence of the Dalai Lama. Exterior of the top section

China, Tibet, Lhasa, Potala Palace on the hillside with row of pilgrims prostrating themselves in the foreground.

Tibet, Lhasa, The Potala Palace with a red Chinese flag flying in front.

Photograph of the 14th Dalai Lama from Tibet at the Palace Temple