Dor-je Pa-mo sitting Buddha-wise on her couch in her tent. This is how she sits to receive worshippers. Tibetan table in front of her with cup of tea on it. Coloured canopy over her head. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography 'This lady is Dor-je Pa-mo, 'the Thunderbolt Sow' of Sam-ding, for she has the power of transforming herself into a sow. She, the only female incarnation in Tibet, receives the one-handed blessing [from the Dalai Lama]. Even the Prime Minister's wife and the wives of...
Dor-je Pa-mo sitting on a European chair in her courtyard, just outside her inner tent. A Tibetan carpet-rug below her feet. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Bell Collection Location = Samding; Tibet
Dor-je Pa-mo sitting on a European chair in her courtyard, just outside her inner tent. A Tibetan carpet-rug below her feet. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Bell Collection Location = Samding; Tibet
Dor-je Pa-mo sitting on a European chair in her courtyard, just outside her inner tent. A Tibetan carpet-rug below her feet. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Portrait Photography Subjects = Bell Collection Location = Samding; Tibet
Meeting between Nan-kar-tse and Pe-de with Rahula Panre, a Brahman from Patna, who tells me he has been a Buddhist for seven years. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Group of horseback on shore of lake. 'This is his second visit to Tibet, each visit being for a few months only. He has, on one visit or the other, visited Lhasa, Re-ting, Sam-ye, Sha-lu, Ta-shi Lhun-po and Gyang-tse, and is now on his way to Sa-kya. At Sha-lu he managed to obtain an old Indian ...
Pe-de Dzong on the shore of Yam-drok Tso (telephoto). Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across a portion of the lake towards the fort. Subjects = Bell Collection; dzongs; forts Location = Pede; Tibet