The Khamar Monastery (for Red and Yellow Buddhists)is situated in the middle of the desert with about 14 monks based there. Danzanravjaa was a famous Mongolian educator, artist, and literary figure in the 19th century and established the monastery in 1890s. it was destroyed in 1930s when all Buddhist worship was halted and thousands of monks killed.
Near the temple were caves where the monks practiced yoga and meditated in isolation for 108 days at a time.
A large bowl of offerings to the gods- sweets, biscuits and bread.
Genghis Khan lends his name to many products in Mongolia and vodka is one of them- Chinggis in Mongolian. The vodka is also used as an offering to the Lama gods.
Shambala
A tiny, tiny lizard
Can you imagine that there are traffic signs in the desert?
These beautifully coloured flowers manage to survive.
