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DEREK HENDERSON

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

PILGRIMAGES
Roof of Jokhang Lhasa Tibet 1987
Jokhang temple - Tibet 1987
Milarepa's cave temple Nyelam Tibet 1988
Milarepa's cave - Tibet 1988
Lake Kokonor NE Tibet 1989
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 Ch
örten; 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 C
hörten, 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 monastery, 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
2013  HONG KONG
Po Lin monastery & huge Buddha statue, Lantau
2013  BHUTAN
Festival at Jampa Lhakang, Kurje Lhakang, Tamzhing Lhakang, Buddha Dordenma statue in Thimphu
2014  INDIA
Manali Himalayan Nyingmapa Temple, Gyuto Tantric University, Dharamsala
2015  HONG KONG
Po Lin monastery & Tian Tan Buddha statue, Lantau
2016  BHUTAN
Taktsang temple, Buddha Dordenma statue in Thimphu, festivals at Nimalung & Kurjey temples
2017  HONG KONG
Po Lin monastery & Tian Tan Buddha statue, Lantau
2019 BHUTAN
Taktsang Gompa, Kyichu Lhakang, Chendebiji Chorten, Guru Rinpoche statue, Gomphu Kora & Tsechu, Paro Tsechu

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