New on 500px : Borobudur by KeEratti by KeEratti

Borobudur, or Barabudur, is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist Temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.

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New on 500px : In Pursuit of Happiness by annishaikh1990 by annishaikh1990

Buddhist Monks playing Inside Lamayuru Monastery
Lamayuru or Yuru Gompa is a Tibetan Buddhist Gompa in Kargil District, Western Ladakh, India, situated on the Srinagar – Kargil – Leh road 15 km east of the Fotu La, at a height of 3,510 m.

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New on 500px : Barley Fields in front of Chemrey by Angshu by Angshu

Clinging like a swallow’s nest to the sides of a shay conical hill, the magnificent Gompa of Chemrey sees very few visitors because of its location – tucked up the side valley that runs from below Hemis, to the Chang-la pass into Pangong. If one isn’t having one’s own vehicle, then be prepared to do some walking to get there. It takes around fifty minutes to follow the dirt track down to the river and up to the monastery after the Leh -Thak Thok bus drops one off beside the main road.

This is the view of the Chemrey Conpa as seen from the freshly sowed barley fields.

Chemrey Monastery is a 1664 Buddhist monastery, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Leh, Ladakh, northern India. This monastery of the Drugpa (Red Hat) sect or monastic order in located in eastern Ladakh. It dates back to the 17th century. Today, the Ladakh Chemrey Gompa houses around 20 monks of the diminishing Drugpa community, along with their young novices.

Samsara is a 2001 independent Indian/Italian/French/German film which tells the story of a Buddhist monk’s quest to find Enlightenment was shot near Chemrey.

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New on 500px : Prayer Wheels @ Rumtek Monastery by banerjeesantanu by banerjeesantanu

Prayer Wheels @ Rumtek Monastery , Sikkim

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New on 500px : Sunrise over the Old Bagan by jankovoy by jankovoy

Old Bagan (Pagan) – is a huge archeological zone on the territory of Myamar. It counts thousands of buddhist temples and pagoda. The most of them were built during the 11th-13th centuries at the time Bagan was the capital of the ancient prosperous dynastic kingdom. The ruins of Bagan are located in an area of ​​40 km along the east bank of the mighty Irrawaddy river. You might need a couple of days to see all of these landmarks by feet, so there are very popular the air excursions. On sunrise you may see dozen of air balloons which are slowly and soundlessly floating over the cradle of myanmar history and culture.

Myanmar, balloons over the Old Bagan, 2014 | 1/1600 sec, f/3.5, ISO 100, FL 110 mm (Canon EOS 5D Mark III + Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM + Gradual Tobacco filter)

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New on 500px : Every body by galadiaost by galadiaost

Evening of Wat Phra That Choeng Chum Wat Muang district, Sakon Nakhon in all the priests of the temple will be forthcoming. New to Buddhism can bump into the candle lit merit pay homage to the ancestors who have passed away. And so is the glory

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New on 500px : Keep walking!! by Mingmuang by Mingmuang

Evening of Wat Phra That Choeng Chum Wat Muang district, Sakon Nakhon in all the priests of the temple will be forthcoming. New to Buddhism can bump into the candle lit merit pay homage to the ancestors who have passed away. And so is the glory

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New on 500px : Good morning Bagan by KeEratti by KeEratti

Bagan is an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region of Burma (Myanmar). From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Kingdom of Pagan, the first kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern Myanmar. During the kingdom’s height between the 11th and 13th centuries, over 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2200 temples and pagodas still survive to the present day.

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New on 500px : Mingun Pagoda (Myanmar) by jankovoy by jankovoy

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Мингун-Пайя (окрестности Мандалая, Мьянма) – это огромная кирпичная пагода, которая должна была стать самой большой ступой в мире высотой 150 метров. Строилась она в течении 23 лет и была построена только на треть (53 м), так как астрологи предсказали королю Бодопаю смерть, как только он закончит ее строительство.

Услышав такое предсказание, король тут же, в 1813 году, свернул стройку. Но это его не спасло от скорой смерти и он умер всего спустя 6 лет. А в 1839 году недостроенная пагода пострадала в результате землетрясения, которое оставило на ней гигантские трещины.

Мингун-Пайя огромна, особенно хорошо ее масштаб виден в сравнении с ростом человека. На нее было потрачено столько кирпича, камней и труда, что она чуть не разорила всю империю, может быть, именно поэтому и появилось то предсказание о смерти короля, что если он достроит Пагоду, то погибнет вся империя.

Myanmar, Mingun, 2014 | 1/500 sec, f/3.5, ISO 250, FL 40 mm (Canon EOS 5D Mark III + Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM)

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New on 500px : A Passerby by JaredLim by JaredLim

Boudhanath in Kathmandu is home to one of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world, built during the 5th century AD.

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