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A middle-aged man with dark hair wears a grey zip-up sweater and stands in the foreground, facing the viewer. Behind him is a domestic or institutional altar featuring a vertical thangka painting hung with a red fabric border. On the altar table, there is a small gilded statue of a deity, a framed portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama (shown embracing a child), and several small silver-colored offering bowls.
The image documents a contemporary Tibetan Buddhist domestic or institutional devotional space, reflecting the cultural practices of the Tibetan diaspora in India. The altar serves as a focus for daily ritual, integrating traditional iconography with modern photographic veneration of the Dalai Lama.
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
The figure is depicted in the framed photograph on the altar, serving as a primary object of devotion for the practitioner.
Object
photograph
Contemporary
Tibetan
portrait
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
2560 × 1920 px
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