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Jokhang Temple
Front of the Kora (early dawn)

The sun rises behind the Jokhang Temple. In the midnight and pre-dawn dark, the kora is magnificently quiet. As the sky lightens, yet long before the sun casts light on the temple's front, Tibetans walk the kora, stopping their circumambulation to light incense in one of five kilns or to prostrate at the front of the Jokhang.



Images and text © 1995, Amina Tirana

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