Travel Writing — Avalokiteshvara

Padmasambhava & Avalokiteshvara, Sani Monastery, Zanskar

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Buddha Statues Ladakh Trekking in Ladakh Zanskar

Padmasambhava & Avalokiteshvara, Sani Monastery, Zanskar

Continuing our look around Sani monastery we find statues of Maitreya, Padmasambhava & his consorts Queen Mandarava and Yeshe Tsogyal.

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An old Buddhist Shrine returns to the Indus River in Ladakh

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Buddha Images Ladakh Leh Stupa

An old Buddhist Shrine returns to the Indus River in Ladakh

The old stupas and paintings were taken apart by a lama, broken up and cast into the river Indus which flows less than half a mile away.

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