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At the Tibetan Buddhist temple of the Tibetan community in New Delhi, India, featuring photos of the Dalai Lama (in the New Aruna Nagar Colony neighborhood, also known as Majnu Ka Tilla or “Little Tibet”).
(February 2017)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Lamaismus, #Buddhismus, #Tibeter, #Tibetans, #Temple, #Religion, #New_Delhi, #New_Aruna_Nagar, #India, #Indien

#Tibetans (Tibetan: བོད་པ་, Wylie: bod pa, THL: bö pa) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet. Their current population is estimated to be around 7.7 million. In addition to the majority living in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China,

#Tibetans generally observe Tibetan Buddhism or a collection of native traditions known as Bön (also absorbed into mainstream Tibetan Buddhism). There is a minority Tibetan Muslim population.

#Tibetans (Tibetan: བོད་པ་, Wylie: bod pa, THL: bö pa) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet. Their current population is estimated to be around 7.7 million. In addition to the majority living in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China

#Tibetans (Tibetan: བོད་པ་, Wylie: bod pa, THL: bö pa) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet. Their current population is estimated to be around 7.7 million. In addition to the majority living in the Tibet

#Tibetans generally observe Tibetan Buddhism or a collection of native traditions known as Bön (also absorbed into mainstream Tibetan Buddhism). There is a minority Tibetan Muslim population.[53]