Tengboche
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Tengboche is a village in Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality in the Khumbu subregion of Koshi Province in Nepal, located at 3,867 metres. Within the village is an important Buddhist monastery, Teng
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A restored painting in the monastery
Everest (left), Lhotse (centre) and Ama Dablam (right) from Tengboche
Tengboche in 1974
Sherpa people
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The Sherpa people are a Tibetan ethnic group native to the mountainous regions of Nepal, India, and the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. Most Sherpas live in eastern Nepal: the provinces of Bagmati
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…Nyingmapa lineage of the Vajrayana Buddhism. However, many older village level monasteries also exist close by. Three wealthy inhabitants of the local Sherpa community are credited with funding building of the monastery. Among these three, Karma was the most influential and well known as he was a tax collector…
Young Sherpas in traditional attire at the West Bengal Sherpa Cultural Board
Sherpa mountain guide Pem Dorjee Sherpa at the Khumbu Icefall
Thame Gompa is one of a number of Sherpa monasteries in Nepal
Traditional Sherpa architecture, with a steel roof