You can find the Jokhang Temple in central Lhasa a little more than a mile east of Potala Palace. The temple is open from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. year-round (except when Tibet closes its borders to ...

The streets around the ancient Jokhang Temple and other monasteries in Lhasa, the capital of the Xizang autonomous region, were crowded on Sunday as thousands of pilgrims arrived to visit the ...

At the nexus of an ancient network of temples in Lhasa sits Jokhang Temple, also established in the 7th century. A mixture of Indian vihara, Tibetan, and Nepalese design, it's a focal point of ...

NAGOYA -- "It's just like being in Tibet!"That's the impression when you step into the Qambalin Buddhist temple in this city's Moriyama Ward, the only･･･ ...

A Lama adds ghee to the lamp in front of the figures of Buddha in the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Mar. 11, 2009. A celebration for the ghee ...

This grand, imposing structure stands more than 12,000 feet above sea level on Marpo-ri, or Red Hill, in the middle of central Lhasa. Potala's larger-than-life presence physically embodies the ...

Lhasa, meaning "Place of the Gods," has been the religious and political capital of Tibet for centuries. The Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple are iconic landmarks that attract pilgrims and ...