Photos

Being new to the TE, I fumbled with my first ever post and uploaded a rather comically tilted image of this ultra modern but very famous monastery in Dharamsala -- the seat of the Dalai Lama in India. A sympathetic (?) friend on the TE did the workshop for me (newcomers make great targets for workshops, I know now!:)) and I re-posted it, earning my first division sign!
On a serious note, the Gyuto Tantric Monastery is in fact a well-established center for advanced studies into the Tantric aspect of the Mahayana Buddhism. I chatted with a few western resident scholars in the cafe of the monastery and was impressed with their devotion to their research work.
The monastery is built along the gentle gradient of a hill and the approach to it ascends through levels set to a plan. On the last level stands the sanctum sanctorum (seen here at the far end of the frame) -- a vast prayer hall resplendent with huge images, tanka paintings and other paraphernalia of this sect. On either side of the stairs, you can see the residences of the in-house scholars.
I have reduced and cropped the picture to fit into the parameters of the TE. There is no other pp alteration.