When you roam around the numerous ruins of Hampi, sometimes is better take a rest from the blazing sun... otherwise you will end up literally cooked.

Inside the Dalai Lama temple there is an hall where all the monks gather together for praying and singing.

Shot taken within the walls of the Dalai Lama Temple. Some Buddhists were practicing to a particular religious procedure. A type of Buddhist prayer that I had never seen.

The situation between Tibet and China is very critical by now since many years, where episodes of violence are really frequent. In neighboring countries to Tibet.. like India, you will find many colonies of Tibetan refugees, of which largely Buddhist monks. McLeod Ganj is one of the major colonies as well as home of the Dalai Lama.

This is a monk who works on the decoration on the floor of the Dalai Lama temple.

This is a MANI prayer wheel. It is filled with thousands of Avalokiteshvara mantras "OM MANI PADME HUM". By turning (rigorously to turn clockwise) this wheel once one earns merit equal to the recitation of the mantras filled inside this wheel. It's almost like give life to these words.

Spying the monks of Dalai Lama temple from behind the window, during the prayer time. For a nice pray, a nice fruit juice is always necessary.

Snapshot taken in the main street of Pushkar. A road always lively, chaotic and noisy.. among all the shops and restaurants, where sometimes you can meet these musicians that accompany your meal with a nice Indian song... obviously all just for a few rupees.