Alongside Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple is one of the most important sites in Tibet. The Jokhang Temple was built in the seventh century to promote Buddhism in Tibet, and as such earned the ...
Overlooking a vast plateau in Tibet, a woman cries as she describes ... of our focus on earthquake relief to secretly visit Zongbu Temple, a local nunnery in Chamco township," said Ngawang Tsering ...
or Red Hill, in the middle of central Lhasa. Potala's larger-than-life presence physically embodies the great historical, cultural and religious significance it holds for the Tibetan people.
A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake centered about 50 miles from Mount Everest left at least 126 dead in Tibet on Tuesday ... in a courtyard with a small temple. "It is a big earthquake," a ...
BEIJING/KATHMANDU (Reuters) -A strong earthquake struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities on Tuesday, killing at least 126 people and flattening hundreds of houses, ...