Caption

Statue of Maitreya, the future Buddha, located in a temple at Thikse Gompa, the Buddhist monastery in Central Ladakh. This monastery belongs to the Gelug, Yellow Hats, tradition of the Tibetan Buddhism. District Leh, Union Territory of Ladakh, India, Asia

Date

May 28, 2013

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Radek Kucharski

Reference

BRK24A52_168

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

29,3Mb (1,5Mb) / 12,0in x 9,5in / 3598 x 2848 (300dpi)

Keywords

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