ancient stupas chortens in the form of arches-entrances in the buddhist monastery of alchi in ladakh on the tibetan plateau

alchi ancient archaic archesentrances architecture art asia attraction buddhism buddhist building chorten chortens cloudy cone cult culture dome famous flag form gompa harmika heritage high himalayas historic holy india ladakh landmark monastery monument mound northwest old outdoors people plateau portal praying relic religion reliquary sacred shrine sign spectacular spirituality stupa stupas summer symbol temple tibetan tradition travel uddesika umbrella weather white worship