180-image photo gallery of trekking the Mt. Everest / Gokyo Ri region
November 3 - 17, 2007
Pictures of trekking 14 days from Lukla to Namche Bazaar, Tengboche, Chhukhung & Gokyo Ri, by photographer Tom Dempsey / Photoseek.com
File number: 07NEP-3836_Pangboche-Gompa
A woman turns a Mani Thungkyur (a large prayer wheel, which may contain religious books) while a girl looks out the door, at Pangboche Gompa (temple), Nepal. Buddhism became firmly established in Nepal's Khumbu District (home of the Sherpa people) about 350 years ago by the power and influence of Lama Sangwa Dorje. He established the oldest monastery in Khumbu at Pangboche (plus many other small hermitages).