Larung Gar: 40,000 Buddhists at High Altitude

The world's largest Buddhist academy, Larung Gar, is located in the Chinese county of Sertar in Tibet. It is located at an altitude of 4,000 meters, and is now home to more than 40,000 monks, nuns, and their students. The academy was founded in 1980 in a completely uninhabited valley, and today it is one of the most important centers of Buddhism in the world. Let's look at photos from this amazing place.

Monks on their way to school, descending from a height of 4000 meters.

Evening view of the monastery.

Monastic cells. There are no televisions, heating or toilets inside – total asceticism.

Ordinary Tibetans live next to monks.

The rhythm of the red houses is mesmerizing.

A monk immersed in prayer.

Inside the monastery.

Prayer drums.

Monks study after school.

In total, about 40 thousand monks and nuns live in the village.