Welcome to the personal website of

DEREK HENDERSON

Derek is an author, Buddhist, cook, music lover, photographer & traveller

PILGRIMAGES

Jokhang temple - Tibet 1987

Milarepa's cave - Tibet 1988

Lake Kokonor - Tibet 1989

1974 HONG KONG
Temple of 10 000 Buddhas, Sha Tin, NT; Po Lin monastery, Lantau.
1984 HONG KONG
Temple of 10 000 Buddhas, Sha Tin, NT; Po Lin monastery, Lantau.
1987 TIBET Lhasa
Norbulinka complex; Phalalupuk temple & cave; Potala Palace; Barkhor, Sera monastery; Jokhang temple; Lingkhor; Chakpori hill.
1988 NEPAL
Bodhnath Chörten, Kathmandu; Swayambhunath complex, Kathmandu.
1988 TIBET
Milarepa's cave, Nyelam; Sakya monastery; Tashilumpo monastery, Shigatse; Kumbum temple, Gyantse; Lake Yamdrok; 
Lhasa: Norbulinka complex; Barkhor; Ramoche temple; Phalalupuk temple & cave;  Lukhang temple;  Drepung monastery;  Lingkhor;  Jokhang temple; Potala Palace; Chakpori hill.
1989 Historic TIBET now Qinghai, China
Kumbum Jampaling monastery, near Xining; Lake Tsongon (aka Lake Kokonor).
1990 INDIA Himachal Pradesh
Tsuglakhang temple, H H The Dalai Lama's residence & Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute, MacLeod Ganj; Kardang monastery;
1990 INDIA Ladakh
Hemis monastery; Thikse monastery; Shey monastery; Spitol monastery.
1991 HONG KONG
Po Lin monastery, Lantau.
1992 CHINA
Yonghegong temple, Beijing.
1992 TIBET
Mapam Yumtso (aka Lake Manasarova); Jiu monastery & cave; circumambulation of Mount Kailas.
1992 NEPAL
Bodhnath Chörten, Kathmandu; Swayambhunath complex, Kathmandu.
1993 CHINA
Yonghegong temple, Beijing.
1994 CHINA
Yonghegong temple, Beijing.
1994 NEPAL
Bodhnath Chörten, Kathmandu; Swayambhunath complex, Kathmandu.
1994 Central TIBET
Samye monastery; Mindroling monastery; Ganden monastery, near Lhasa; Yogurt Festival, Lhasa; Jokhang temple, Lhasa; Drak Yerpa caves, Taktse County; Barkhor, Lhasa;
1994 East TIBET
Chamdo monastery, Kham; Derge temple & printing works, Kham.
1995 CHINA
Yonghegong temple, Beijing.
1995 VIETNAM
Thien Mu Pagoda, near Hue; Perfume Pagoda, Ha Tay Province.
1996 CHINA
Yonghegong temple, Beijing.
1996 West BHUTAN
Kyichu temple; Paro Dzong; Taktsang temple;
1996 Central BHUTAN
Simtroka Dzong; Gangtey monastery; Gogona monastery & Festival; Punakha Dzong; Zugney temple; Jampey temple; Kurjey temple; Tamshing temple; Guru Rinpoche temple; Trongsa Dzong.
1996 NEPAL
Bodhnath Chörten, Kathmandu; Swayambhunath complex, Kathmandu.
1997 CHINA
Yonghegong temple, Beijing.
1998 LAOS
Pak On caves, near Luang Phrabang; Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Phrabang; Pha That Luang monument, Vientiane; Wat Si Saket temple, Vientiane;
1998 CAMBODIA
That Dam temple, Pnom Penh.
1998 BURMA
Schwedagon temple complex, Rangoon; Sule Paya temple, Rangoon; the temples of Bagan plain; Mahamuni Paya temple, Mandalay; Nat Festival, north of Mandalay; Kaungmudaw Paya temple, Mingon; Amarapura temple, near Mandalay; Zayar Theingi nunnery, Mandalay; Shwenandaw Kyaung monastery, near Mandalay; Kuthodaw Paya complex, near Mandalay.
1999 INDIA West Bengal
Ghoom monastery, Darjeeling; Thongsha monastery, Kalimpong;
1999 INDIA Sikkim
Pemayangtse temple, Pelling; Rumtek monastery, near Gangtok; Enchey monastery, Gangtok.
1999 Central BHUTAN
Chendebji Chörten; Trongsa Dzong;
1999 East BHUTAN
Trashigang Dzong; Gom Kora; Chörten Kora, Trashi Yangtse; Kurjey temple; Membartsho lake; Tamshing monastery;
1999 West BHUTAN
Chikar monastery, Dowakha.
2001 VIETNAM
Vin Trang Pagoda, Saigon; Holy Land of Cham, My Son; One Pillar Pagoda, Hanoi.
2002 BURMA
Schwedagon temple complex, Rangoon; the temples of Bagan plain; Mount Popa; Mahamuni Paya temple, Mandalay; Amarapura temple, near Mandalay; Pindaya caves; Gold Rock, Kyaiktiyo; the temples of Mrauk U; Theindawgyi Paya temple, Myeik.
2003 HONG KONG
Po Lin monastery & huge Buddha statue, Lantau; Temple of 10 000 Buddhas, Sha Tin, NT.
2004 NEPAL
Buddha's birthplace, Lumbini; The Tibetan Temple, Lumbini; Bodhnath Chörten, Kathmandu; Swayambhunath complex, Kathmandu.
2004 West BHUTAN
Kyichu temple;
2004 Central BHUTAN
Jampa temple; Kurjey temple; Guru Rinpoche temple; Tamshing monastery; Punakha Dzong;
2004 East BHUTAN
Gom Kora & Festival; Trashigang Dzong.
2004 HONG KONG
Po Lin monastery & huge Buddha statue, Lantau.
2005 CHINA
Yonghegong temple, Beijing.
2005 INDIA Ladakh
Lekir monastery; Alchi monastery; Lamayuru monastery; Tingmosgang temple; Rizong monastery; Diskit monastery; Samstaling monastery;
2005 INDIA Sikkim
Khecheopalri Lake, near Pelling;  Pemayangtse temple, Pelling; The Royal Temple, Gangtok; Rumtek monastery, near Gangtok; Enchey manastery, Gangtok.
2006 HONG KONG
Po Lin monastery & huge Buddha statue, Lantau.
2007 BHUTAN
Tango monastery,  Chu-me Festival,  Ura temple,  Kurjey monastery, Lhuntshi Dzong, Yongla monastery, Wangdu Phodrang Dzong, Chime temple, Taktsang temple.
2008 HONG KONG
Po Lin monastery & huge Buddha statue, Lantau; Chi Lin nunnery, Diamond Hill.
2009 INDIA
Mahabodhi temple, Bodhgaya; The Deer Park, Sarnath; Parinirvana temple, Kushinagar; H H The XIV Dalai Lama, McLeod Ganj; H H The XVII Karmapa Rinpoche, Gyuto Tantric University, Dharamsala.
2010 HONG KONG
Po Lin monastery & huge Buddha statue, Lantau.
2011 INDIA Arunachal Pradesh & Assam
Tawang monastery, Taktsang temple near Sangetser Lake, Gorsam Chörten, Ugyelling temple & Gontse Gaden Rabgye Ling in Bomdila
2011 HONG KONG
Po Lin monastery & huge Buddha statue, Lantau