Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, cymbals and long horns. Behind them towered the wrathful Buddhist diety Mahakala with his crown of skulls, carrying a bowl of blood and the legendary weapon Vajra.
Source link : https://www.independent.co.uk/news/india-himalayas-tibet-himachal-pradesh-b2707071.html
Author : Ashwini Bhatia
Publish date : 2025-03-01 06:41:00
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AP PHOTOS: Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India
