AP PHOTOS: Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India
BAIJNATH, India (AP) — Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone ...
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AP PHOTOS: Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India
Monks belonging to the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism walk with ceremonial drums in a procession at the Palpung Sherabling monastery near Baijnath, India, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025.
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AP PHOTOS: Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India
The cham dance is performed in this monastery in the Himalayas the day before the Tibetan New Year, known as Losar, evoking Mahakala to remove obstacles and cleanse the place of negative energy.