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 ...

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 Palace, Jokhang Temple is one of the most important ...

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 ...

In 2005, Qambalin was built by its first chief priest, now 84-year-old Eibin Morishita, and modeled after the Jokhang Temple Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Lhasa. "Qamba," also spelled ...

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 ...

Barkhor Street is one big circular street that goes around Jokhang Temple and is filled to the brim with shops and stalls catering to those who want to take a little piece of Tibet home.