Travel Blog Photos from Shigaste (65)
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... Tibet is the birth place to most major Asian rivers including the holy rivers of India. Hence India's fright as China is planning 8 major super dams to regulate rivers that extend into many of its neighboring countries, possibly killing pilgrimage meccas ...
... felt a lot cleaner, had less dust and the most magnificent clear blue skies for our visit. The main attraction in Shigaste is the Tashilhunpo Monastery which is also part of the Yellow Hat sect but this was the seat of the Panchen Lama as opposed ...
... and uses the water from this dead lake( a lake that can't replenish itself) to be used for electricity. we then arrived in Shigaste to visit Tashilhunpo Monastery, I decided to opt out of the visit inside and went for a walk around the Kora. I hae learnt ...
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