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[Lama displaying brocaded robe and masks for the New Year's ceremony at the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple), Gangtok, Sikkim]
[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa Lama, seated, with a monk, at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa Lama, seated, with a monk, at ...

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 002 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Shinglay Lama and grandchildren sit in haystack near Singhik,Sikkim]

[Shinglay Lama and grandchildren sit in haystack near Singhik,Sikkim]

Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 87, where image appears with caption "Shinglay Lama and gra... More

The Kremlin in commotion - or - the Grand Lama sick of the horn cholic, British Cartoon Print

The Kremlin in commotion - or - the Grand Lama sick of the horn cholic...

Print shows King George IV fallen to the floor, he clutches his stomach, near him are a "Plan for Divorce," a decanter and cup, cards and dice. In the background sits his estranged wife Caroline about to be cro... More

[Lama in meditation, Sikkim] - Public domain portrait photograph

[Lama in meditation, Sikkim] - Public domain portrait photograph

Buddhist monk holding prayer beads, with dog, Sikkim. Title from : Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 92-93. "A Tour of the Los... More

[High Lama reads from Buddhist texts in religious ceremony at the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) prior to the New Year's dance, Gangtok, Sikkim]
Lama boys with Gyalings (horns) of silver and goi[?] wood, Sikkim

Lama boys with Gyalings (horns) of silver and goi[?] wood, Sikkim

Date from information for related slide: LC-KAN-0087. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Col... More

[Lama ringing bell to begin New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Lama ringing bell to begin New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 82-83, where image appears with caption "Lamas chant praye... More

Portrait photo of Khentse Rinpoche [i.e., Jamyang Khyentse]

Portrait photo of Khentse Rinpoche [i.e., Jamyang Khyentse]

Photograph shows Jamyang Khyentse (Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche), a young lama, seated behind a table, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Con... More

King awards prizes, Sikkim, photo by Alice S. Kandell

King awards prizes, Sikkim, photo by Alice S. Kandell

Photograph shows a lama presenting Palden Thondup Namgyal, King of Sikkim with a scroll on his birthday, as Queen of Sikkim looks on, Gangtok, Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kand... More

Beautiful monastery, Sikkim - Public domain historic place photograph

Beautiful monastery, Sikkim - Public domain historic place photograph

Photograph shows head lama standing in doorway of Pemayangtse monastery, Sikkim. Related photograph in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Nort... More

[Shinglay Lama turning giant prayer wheel]

[Shinglay Lama turning giant prayer wheel]

Title from: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 153. Photographer's stamp on back of print. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell ... More

Ceremonial masked lama dancer, photo by Alice S. Kandell

Ceremonial masked lama dancer, photo by Alice S. Kandell

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Exterior of Pemayangtse Monastery with prayer flags, Sikkim]

[Exterior of Pemayangtse Monastery with prayer flags, Sikkim]

Title devised by Library staff. Related photograph in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 96, where image appears with caption... More

[Yak and pig graze in yard of Shinglay Lama's home near Singhik, Sikkim]

[Yak and pig graze in yard of Shinglay Lama's home near Singhik, Sikki...

Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 153, where image appears with caption "Shinglay Lama with h... More

Musician lama during ceremonial dances using cymbals

Musician lama during ceremonial dances using cymbals

Public domain photograph of music festival, musicians, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clown dancer, ceremonial masked lama dances, Sikkim

Clown dancer, ceremonial masked lama dances, Sikkim

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The sixteenth Karmapa Lama (Rangjung Rigpe Dorje), with monk, at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

[The sixteenth Karmapa Lama (Rangjung Rigpe Dorje), with monk, at Rumt...

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reincarnation of a holy lama takes a break from his reading. He holds a prayer book covered in wood

Reincarnation of a holy lama takes a break from his reading. He holds ...

Photograph shows young boy holding prayer book, looking out from behind a curtain, Sikkim. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandel... More

[Black Hat Lama in a procession down the mountain to sacrifice objects, Sikkim]

[Black Hat Lama in a procession down the mountain to sacrifice objects...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Shinglay Lama looking out of farmhouse near Singhik, Sikkim]

[Shinglay Lama looking out of farmhouse near Singhik, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Lepcha farmer at home in a Lepcha tribe house, animals live downstairs, family upstairs

Lepcha farmer at home in a Lepcha tribe house, animals live downstairs...

Photograph shows Shinglay Lama standing outside his farmhouse with a goat, Singhik, Sikkim. Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106). Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photogr... More

[Black Hat Lama and men with offerings at New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]

[Black Hat Lama and men with offerings at New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]

Related photograph published in : Sikkim; the hidden kingdom / text and photos. by Alice Kandell. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1971, p. 35. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photograph... More

[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa Lama, full-length portrait, seated, at Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim]

[Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the 16th Karmapa Lama, full-length portrait, se...

Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 150 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).

[Black Hat Lama throwing religious sacrifice into fire to destroy evil for the New Year, Sikkim]

[Black Hat Lama throwing religious sacrifice into fire to destroy evil...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Lama with headdress and Caucasian man seated in front of nine boys and men, Tibet]

[Lama with headdress and Caucasian man seated in front of nine boys an...

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Traditional religious offering to High Lama

Traditional religious offering to High Lama

Photograph shows a monk carrying offering, possibly a butter sculpture. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-2, pg. no. 004... More

[Black Hat Lama preparing for religious sacrifice at the New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]

[Black Hat Lama preparing for religious sacrifice at the New Year's ce...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

[Shinglay Lama beating on large drum near Singhik, Sikkim]

[Shinglay Lama beating on large drum near Singhik, Sikkim]

Related photograph published in : Sikkim; the hidden kingdom / text and photos. by Alice Kandell. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1971, p. 26. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Ho... More

Rinchen Lama with silver pitcher, Lachung

Rinchen Lama with silver pitcher, Lachung

Photograph shows Rinchen Namgyal Lachungpa, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding silver pitcher, Lachung, Sikkim. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library... More

Icon World's Fair. Lama Temple, public domain photograph

Icon World's Fair. Lama Temple, public domain photograph

Public domain photograph of temple building, religious architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The New York World's Fair was a large international exposition held in New... More

[Karmapa Lama's successor studying penmanship, Sikkim]

[Karmapa Lama's successor studying penmanship, Sikkim]

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Lama and prayer wheel / Alice S. Kandell.

Lama and prayer wheel / Alice S. Kandell.

Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106). Photographer's stamp on back of print. "© Alice Kandell" written on back of print. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Li... More

Lama turning prayer wheel activating prayers

Lama turning prayer wheel activating prayers

Photograph shows a Shinglay Lama seated on ground, turning a large prayer wheel, Sikkim. (Source: related image in LOT 14032-1, no. 041). Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (... More

Black Hat dance: Lama chants, Sikkim

Black Hat dance: Lama chants, Sikkim

Related photograph published in : Sikkim; the hidden kingdom / text and photos. by Alice Kandell. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1971, p. 35. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photograph... More

[Head Black Hat Lama chanting during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[Head Black Hat Lama chanting during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sik...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; te... More

Select the prayer and turn the wheel -- Lama priests at the Lama Temple, Peking, China

Select the prayer and turn the wheel -- Lama priests at the Lama Templ...

H96534 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 4468. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dalai Lama visits LOC, 91179, Washington DC

Dalai Lama visits LOC, 91179, Washington DC

Photograph shows the Dalai Lama and others looking at Tibetan books on a table at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Title and date devised by Library Publishing Office staff.

[Full-length portrait of the grand lama of the Selenginsk lamasery, seated, facing front]

[Full-length portrait of the grand lama of the Selenginsk lamasery, se...

Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

The King & Queen attend a ceremony in the Palace, swearing in a new cabinet minister. A holy lama summons the dieties [i.e., deities]

The King & Queen attend a ceremony in the Palace, swearing in a new ca...

Photograph shows King Palden Thondup Namgyal and Queen Hope Cooke at a swearing-in ceremony for a new minister of education, with a lama and his consort, at the palace in Gangtok, Sikkim. Caption on related ph... More

The beautiful Lama Temple Arch, Peking, China

The beautiful Lama Temple Arch, Peking, China

H11350 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3773. Copyright 1901 by H. C. White Co.

A bronze urn in the court of the Lama Temple. Peking, China

A bronze urn in the court of the Lama Temple. Peking, China

H24403 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 41. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bronze lion in the courtyard of the Lama Temple, Peking, China

Bronze lion in the courtyard of the Lama Temple, Peking, China

H96568 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 4467. Copyright 1907 by H. C. White Co.

Karmapa Lama, religious leader of Sikkim

Karmapa Lama, religious leader of Sikkim

Photograph shows the sixteenth Karmapa Lama, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1924-1981). "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of... More

Dalai Lama of Tibet - Public domain portrait photograph

Dalai Lama of Tibet - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933), the 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Gen... More

Dalai Lama of Tibet - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Dalai Lama of Tibet - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photo shows Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933), the 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet.

[Full-length portrait of the grand lama of the Selenginsk lamasery, seated, facing front]

[Full-length portrait of the grand lama of the Selenginsk lamasery, se...

Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.

Peking, gate of Lama temple. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Peking, gate of Lama temple. 19th century, Library of Congress collect...

Photograph shows two Chinese men standing in front of a p'ai-lou. Photograph possibly by Sanshichirō Yamamoto.

Alpaca (Lama pacos) from S. America, in the zoo, Lincoln Park, Chicago, U.S.A

Alpaca (Lama pacos) from S. America, in the zoo, Lincoln Park, Chicago...

H100743 U.S. Copyright Office No. 235. Copyright 1907 by H.C. White Co.

World's Fair. Lama Temple - Gottscho Schleisner collection

World's Fair. Lama Temple - Gottscho Schleisner collection

Job and item titles devised. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Dalai Lama signs a document with Congress members]

[The Dalai Lama signs a document with Congress members]

Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-1993-250 or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-1993-250, frame 3/3A. Contact sheet or negative sl... More

Lama priest at the Tung-ho Kung, the Great Lama Temple, Peking, China

Lama priest at the Tung-ho Kung, the Great Lama Temple, Peking, China

H7975 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[High Lama and monks at Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) preparing for new year dances and ceremonies, Gangtok, Sikkim]

[High Lama and monks at Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) prepar...

"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More

Holiest reincarnate in Sikkim with teacher, Mt. Khangchondzonga [in] background

Holiest reincarnate in Sikkim with teacher, Mt. Khangchondzonga [in] b...

Photograph shows a young lama, Jamyang Khyentse, with his teacher, in Sikkim. "A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Related photog... More