Child monks in the Indian Himalayas
Most Tibetan families in India send at least one child to a monastery to learn about their own culture, language and religion
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Your support makes all the difference.High in the Indian Himalayas, young novice monks in maroon robes take their lessons inside the 15th-century Thiksey monastery.
Buddhist monasteries in the mountain desert, which forms a part of troubled Jammu and Kashmir state and borders both China and Pakistan, are a reminder of the region's ties to its eastern neighbour, Tibet.
Ethnic Tibetans fled across the border after an abortive uprising against Chinese rule in 1959 and live in so-called “Little Tibets” in north and south India.
Most Tibetan families in India send at least one child to a monastery to learn about their own culture, language and religion.
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