Tibet welcomes Sagadawa Festival

Buddhists make circumambulation around Jokhang Temple.

The 15th day of the fourth Tibetan lunar month is a day which commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Sakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, and on that day, Tibetans ushered in the Sagadawa Festival. Sagadawa refers to the fourth Tibetan lunar month in Tibetan language, which is a holy month and is of great significance for followers of Tibetan Buddhism.

Buddhists make circumambulation around Jokhang Temple.

Buddhists prostrate around Barkhor Street.

Buddhists prostrate around Barkhor Street. 

Buddhists prostrate in front of Jokhang Temple.

Buddhists pray in front of Jokhang Temple

Buddhists pray in front of Jokhang Temple

Buddhists pray in front of Jokhang Temple

Buddhists pray in front of Jokhang Temple

Buddhists pray in front of Jokhang Temple

Buddhists fill the incense stupa with pine twigs in the square in front of Jokhang Temple.

Buddhists pray before the thousand-Buddha mural wall of Yaowangshan Mountain..

Butter lamps in front of the thousand-Buddha mural wall of Yaowangshan Mountain.

Buddhists pray in front of the Kanjur stone stupa.