Yangpachen

The Yangpach gompa entrance yard

Access galleries

Gallery at the entrance yard

Gallery upstairs

Gallery upstairs

The wheel of the law with the deers (Buddha's Enlightenment in Sarnath)

Stylish window frames. Black frames collect heat.

IInterior of the main hall

Ceremonial vessels and candlesticks

Interior of the main hall

Sharmapa (one of the Red Hats)

Interior of the main hall

Vajra (dorje, thunderbolt) with associated bell (drilbu, ghanta) and a Damaru (small green ritual drum) and sacrificial vessels

Interior of the main hall

Budda

Interior of the main hall

Lama, belongs to the Karmapa teaching (learned initiated monk / master / teacher)

Interior of the main hall

Lama, belongs to the Karmapa teaching (learned initiated monk / master / teacher)

Lama, belongs to the Sharmapa teaching (learned initiated monk / master / teacher)

Books formed of loose sheets between two wooden boards joined together by fabric ribbons

Largest ritual drum in the assembly hall