Sêrtar County
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Sêrtar or Serthar County, also known by its Chinese name as Seda County is a county in the northwest of Sichuan Province, China, bordering Qinghai province to the north. It is one of the 18 counties u
Seda facing west 8856
A monk prostrating at a shrine
A nun walking the alleys
Children monks
Larung Gar
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Larung Gar, also known by its Chinese name as Luoruo township in the Larung Valley is a community in Sêrtar County of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan, China. It is part of the Tibetan
Sêrtar County
…region of Amdo. The vast majority of the population is Tibetan, followed by Han Chinese. Sêrtar comprises 17 towns and 66 villages. It is home to the Larung Gar Buddhist Institute, the largest Tibetan Buddhist institute in the world. The institute, which was founded by lama Jigme Phuntsok in 1980 and started…
View of Larung Gar monastic center
The houses of the town on the hillside
1 Seda facing south