A photograph of a monastic initiation or training session in a hall with pale walls and a dark red curtain backdrop. A seated figure with long dark hair and an orange robe sits on a gilded throne with a golden canopy, flanked by brass lamps and floral arrangements. In front, rows of saffron-robed monks with shaved heads sit on the floor, and several women with long braided hair in orange robes sit in the foreground with their backs to the camera. A large gilded statue of a standing saint in orange robes and a golden turban stands at the right holding a staff. Yellow flower arrangements sit in brass bowls at lower left, and a figure in orange plays a stringed instrument near the top left. Yellow and patterned banners hang from the ceiling.

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Date

2006-08-22Source: title

Dimensions

3008 × 2000 px

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Context page

August 22 2006

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