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Mongolia, Asia, Gobi Desert, Buddhism(137 images)
Mongolia, Gobi Desert, Asia, Buddhism, Rituals, Sacred sites, Monasteries, Monks, Children, Crowd, Prayers, Wild Horses, Horse competition, Ramdaan, Yurt, Buddha, Camp, Nomads, Sand, Steppes
  • Only women can revere the Ovoo of the breasts. An Ovoo is a sacred rock mounts, that is built as people pass by adding a rock before walking around the mount clockwise three times praying.  The monk Buyantogtoh, grandfather of the young lama Iderbat rebuilt the sacred place. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • At a temple of the yellow school, thirty people participate in the ceremony. Gobi, Mongolia. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • A young lama starts the prayer wheels marked with tibetan words. In the back a temple of the Red School. Mongolia By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Woman throws milk to the Ovoo, rock mount dedicated to woman fertility. Gobi, Mongolia By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Young aspiring monk at Khamaryn Monastery, Gobi, Mongolia By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Visitors from Mongolia capital, Ulan Bator, come to Khamaryn Monastery at the Gobi Desert and salute the sun. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Danzan Rabjaa Museum in Sainshand, provínce of Dornogovi, Mongolia. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Altangerel Zundui, curator of the museum of Danzan Rabjaa. Mongolia. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • A  Shakyamuni Buddha statue at the back of a prayer wheel with Tibetan inscriptions. Mongolia By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Khamaryn Temple in Mongolia. Building of the Red School. Skulls protect from evil. Gobi, Mongolia. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Khamaryn Monastery. A pilgrim pays its respect and makes a donation in front of the Ten Thousand Knifes Padmasambhava. Mongolia. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • lama Dosh Tsend, head of the  Khamaryn monastery, rings the ritualistic bell during the morning ceremony of the yellow School temple. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • The two temples of the Khamaryn Monastery with the statue of the Buddha Shakyamuni at the center. Desert of Gobi, Mongolia. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Altangerel Zundui shows sutras and other sacred Buddhist documents carefully wrapped in silk.  Khamayn Monastery, Gobi, Mongolia. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Lama Dosh Tsend, head of Khamaryn Monastery, reads sacred texts during the morning ceremony. Gobi, Mongolia. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Mongol from the capital Ulan Bator burns incense sticks and prays at shrine in Khamaryn, Gobi, Mongolia. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Altangerel Zundui observes the statue of famous monk monge Danzan Rabjaa at Sainshand, capital of Dornogovi, Mongolia. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Young Mongolian boy prays in front of Shakyamuni Buddha statue, covered with hadags, sacred blue scarves. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Mongol man from the capital Ulan Bator prays after offering a hadag, sacred blue scarf at a pilar at  Khamaryn Monastery, Mongolia. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Altangerel Zundui shows some of the decorative objects that belong to Famous monk Danzan Rabjaa in Khamaryn, Gobi, Mongolia. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Lama Dosh Tsend, head of Khamaryn Monastery gives instructions to the young lama Iderbat, about how to play the drum to remove negative energies. Gobi, Mongolia By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Young Lama Iderbat Sugardoch at stupa Garden of Shambala in Khamaryn Monastery. The eyes of Buddha in the background. Gobi, Mongolia. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • young monk at Khamary Monastery, Gobi, Mongolia By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • An ovoo is a sacred rock mound, to which every person passing by can contribute with another rock and performing three circles to pray. Gobi, Mongolia. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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  • Pilgrim wearing a mala, buddhist prayer beads, at Khamaryn monastery, Gobi, Mongolia. By photographer Haroldo Castro
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