Anniversary of the death of the great Tsongkhapa, founder of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetans make butter lamp offerings at home and in monasteries on the 25th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar. It feel like Christmas as pyramids of butter lamps are displayed in windows. We braved the intense crowds (and almost as many policemen) and filed through 2 sets of security checks to visit the Jhokang Temple. Monks blow huge horns and people chant in the darkness. It was a bit scary as the crowds flowed around the narrow BaKor streets.
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