A R C H I T E C T U R E, T E M P L E D E C O R A T I O N S, A N D T E N T S
Buddhist temples and architecture follow the indigenous styles of the culture in which they are found. For example, the Lama Temple in Beijing is a Chinese architectural style, but is a center for Vajrayana Buddhism. Conversely, in Bodhgaya, India, all of the Buddhist countries in Asia have created monasteries, guesthouses and centers in their own national style, like the Royal Bhutan Monastery, also located there.
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Thiksey Monastery
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Jokhang Temple Roof with Golden Deer and Dharma Wheel
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View of the Potala from Roof of the Jokhang
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Dalai Lama's Summer Palace
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Potala Palace
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Drepung Monastery
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Drepung Monastery
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Potala Palace
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Summer Palace
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Royal Bhutan Monastery
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Langmusi Architecture
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White Palace of Potala
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Labrang Monastery
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Mirik Monastery
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Mirik Monastery
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Surmang Monastery
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Drepung Monastery
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Bokar Monastery
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Danba (Rongtrak)
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Windows at Potala Palaca
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Potala with Window Curtains
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Drepung Monastery
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Doorway at Drepung Monastery
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House Windows and Flowers
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Main Steps to Potala
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Potala Interior
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Tibetan Winfow with Flowers
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Potala Upper Floors
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Stairs at Potala
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Potala Higher Stories
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Potala Higher Stories
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Potala Higher Stories
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Entrance to Potala Palace
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Stairway Entrance to the Dalai Lama's Quarters, Potala
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Gyarong Region of Tibet
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Rumtek Monastery
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Jokhang Temple
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Temple in Lhasa
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Kathmandu Temple with Rainbow
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Tibetan Temple Decorations
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Golden Pillar
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Tibetan Architecture Detail
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Tibetan Window
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Tibetan Door with Dharma Wheel
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Old Decorated Tibetan Door
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Painted Door
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Traditional Tibetan Doors
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Door in Shigatse
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Tibetan Door
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Stupa Doorway
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Doorway
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Doorway
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Doorway
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Doorway
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Doorway
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Hand Painted Doorway
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Door Frame
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Painted Doorway
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Jampey Lhakhang
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Ganden Chokhorling Monastery
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Tibetan Monastry Door
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Garden Monastery
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Tibetan Door Hanging
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Tibetan Door Handle
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Doorway Decorations
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Sikkim Monastery Painting
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Potala Palace
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Tibetan Temple Decorations
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Johkaang Temple Detail
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Inside Potala, Painted Panel Leading to His Holiness Rooms
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Temple Decor
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Interior of Tibetan Temple
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Shrine Room at KTD
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Monks Preparing Monastery
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Mahakala Puja at Bodhgaya Kagyu Temple
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The 16th Karmapa in his Room at Rumtek Monastery - Sikkim
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Monastery Interior
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Kagyu Monlam
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Drepung Monastery
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Buddha
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Samye Dzong
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Tibetan Temple
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Tibetan Buddhist Shrine, Khenpo Kartar Rinpoche
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Tibetan Style Buddhist Shrine
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Interior of Tibetan Monastery
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Buddhist Temple
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Samye Ling Temple
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Buddhist Shrine Room
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Interior of Nunnery
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Tibetan Buddhist Shrine at the Rubin Museum
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Buddhist Temple
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Tibetan Temple Interior
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Tibetan Buddhist Shrine
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Tsongkhapa Shrine
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Tibetan Buddhist Shrine
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Buddhist Shrine
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Shrine Room
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Tibetan Altar Cabinet
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Tibetan Shrine Room
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Shrine Room at Jamyang Buddhist Center
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Interior of a Tibetan Buddhist Temple
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Tibetan Buddhist Shrine
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Temple Interior
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Langmusi Monastery
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Big Prayer Hall
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Wall Hanging
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Offerings to Wrathful Deities
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Temple Decorations
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Temple Decorations With Lantsha Script
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Decorated Window
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Nalanda University
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Mahabodhi Temple
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Gold Temple at Wat Xieng Thong
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Temple Wat
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Siam Vihar, Thai Temple in Bodhgaya
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Makara Pillars at Polonnaruwa
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Polonnaruwa
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Polonnaruwa Temple with Carvings
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Polonnaruwa
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Polonnaruwa
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Polonnaruwa
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Polonnaruwa
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Ajanta
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Chaitya Hall Entrance at Ajanta Caves
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Ajanta
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Pillars at Ajanta
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Buddha at Ajanta
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Buddha and Pillars at Ajanta
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Hariti Shrine in Cave II
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Buddha at Ajanta
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Ellora Caves
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Ellora Caves
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Ellora Caves
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Ellora Caves
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Borobudur
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Ankor Wat Temple
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Tibetan Tents at a Festival
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Large Tibetan Tent with Bodhi Eyes and a Roof
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Tibetan Tent With Hand Painted Ornaments and Symbols
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Tibetan Nomadic Tent
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Small Tibetan tent With Entrance
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Tibetan Family Sized Tents
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Tibetan Tent With Applique
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Highly Decorated Large Tibetan Tent
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Tibetan Tent Being Used for Food Service
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Tibetan Tent with Kirtimukha Applique
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Family Sized Tibetan Tent with Kalachakra Monogram
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Tibetan Tent for Festival Gathering
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Hexagonal Tibetan Tent with Shade Covering
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Tibetan Tent in a Field of Flowers
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The Dalai Lama and Tai Situ Rinpoche
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Smaller Tibetan Tent with Tibetan Symbols, Snow Lions, and Shade Awning
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Tibetan Tents at Rhododendron Festival
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Tibetan Tents at Rhododendron Festival
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Shoton Fesival
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Ornate Tibetan Blue and White Tent
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Temple
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Ellora Caves
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Zen Daitoku-ji Zen Temple
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Zen Raked garden
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Entrance to Rumtek Monastery
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Monastery Rooftop Decorations
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Hanging Banners
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Kirtamuhkti on Roof Ornament
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Butter Lamps in Jokhang Temple
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Temple in Sumatra
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Temple Roof Decorations
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Rooftop Ornament
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Roof Ornament with Kirtamuhki
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Temple Roof Decorations
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Temple Rooftop
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Rooftop Temple
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Great Wall of China
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Pilgrims Doing Prostrations at the Jokhang
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Great Wall of China
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Monk on Monastery Rooftop Playing Conch
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Temple of the Tooth