subject: Buddhism, Kalmyks
Bogdo Uul is situated near lake Baskunchak in Akhtubinsky rayon of Astrakhan’ oblast. There are several versions of the legend about the mountain.
The seterlekh ceremony is an anti-sacrifice, where an individual animal is liberated from being killed for meat.
subject: Buddhism, blessing, ceremony, cow, lama, pastoralisms, seter, yak
The lama, and the trees he planted
subject: Buddhism
Lama’s grandchildren, praying or playing. Handgate temple
Lama Øbuden praying, Handgate Temple. The image on the left is said to be three hundred years old.
A granddaughter of the lama at the temple doors
Dilimat Omar interviewing the lama of Handgate
Dr. Tsui and the lama, Handgate lama temple