Known as the ‘old order’ monastery, it is located in Shakti village about 46 km from Leh in Ladakh district in Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of India. The monastery was founded in ...

BAIJNATH, India—Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to ... dance is performed in this monastery in the Himalayas ...

The monastery buildings are structured in hierarchal order. The monastery is referred as ‘Mini Potala’ of India as it resembles Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. There is one big statue of ...

Wearing colourful robes and fearsome masks, monks high stepped and spun around a sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, cymbals and long horns. Here's the latest as the U.S. imposes tariffs on ...

The courtyard, framed by the monastery’s stone walls, became their stage. The rhythmic stamping of feet and the dramatic ...