tibet – Asian American / Asian Research Institute

Journey to the Himalayas in Tibet: Mt. Kailash, Manasarover and Lhasa

October 3, 2018February 15, 2008 By Nehru E. Cherukupalli

This presentation is the travelogue of a geologist visiting the Himalayan Mountains in Nepal and Tibet. Starting in Kathmandu and traveling to Beijing, at very high altitudes, between 5,000 feet and 16,000 feet above sea level, the author takes the audience through the picturesque physiographic provinces of the Himalayan Mountains, their rivers, rocks, small towns, … Read more

An Evening of Tibet: En Route to Lhasa & A Village on Qinghai

October 1, 2018March 18, 2005 By Cynthia Chao and Thomas Tam

En Route To Lhasa – In 2000, a group of Chinese American Buddhists participated in a pilgrimage to Nepal and Tibet. They crossed the Himalaya and visited many rarely seen temples and caves where famous Buddhist practitioners stayed. The video is a montage of this memorable journey, to a place where his holiness, the Dalai … Read more