BAIJNATH, India (AP) — Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone ...

Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to the sound ...

Tibetan Uprising Day 2025: Tibetan Uprising Day is observed on March 10 as a tribute to those who stood against Communist China’s repression in Lhasa in 1959. In 1950, China annexed Tibet, now known ...

In the sandstone courtyard of Palpung Sherabling Monastery in Himachal Pradesh, the sound of beating drums and clashing ...

carrying a bowl of blood and the legendary weapon Vajra. The cham dance is performed in this monastery in the Himalayas the day before the Tibetan New Year, known as Losar, evoking Mahakala to ...

Monks belonging to the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism walk with ceremonial drums in a procession at the Palpung Sherabling monastery near Baijnath, India, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP ...