Ganden monastery buildings destroyed by the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army after the 1959 Tibetan uprising and exile of the 14th Dalai Lama to India. In this 2005 photo, the evidence of this destruction still remains after 46 years.

Ganden monastery buildings destroyed by the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army after the 1959 Tibetan uprising and exile of the 14th Dalai Lama to India. In this 2005 photo, the evidence of this destruction still remains after 46 years.

Ganden monastery buildings destroyed by the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army after the 1959 Tibetan uprising and exile of the 14th Dalai Lama to India. In this 2005 photo, the evidence of this destruction still remains after 46 years.

Ganden monastery buildings destroyed by the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army after the 1959 Tibetan uprising and exile of the 14th Dalai Lama to India. In this 2005 photo, the evidence of this destruction still remains after 46 years.

Ganden monastery buildings destroyed by the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army after the 1959 Tibetan uprising and exile of the 14th Dalai Lama to India. In this 2005 photo, the evidence of this destruction still remains after 46 years.

Ganden monastery buildings destroyed by the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army after the 1959 Tibetan uprising and exile of the 14th Dalai Lama to India. In this 2005 photo, the evidence of this destruction still remains after 46 years.

Ganden monastery buildings destroyed by the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army after the 1959 Tibetan uprising and exile of the 14th Dalai Lama to India. In this 2005 photo, the evidence of this destruction still remains after 46 years.

Ganden monastery buildings destroyed by the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army after the 1959 Tibetan uprising and exile of the 14th Dalai Lama to India. In this 2005 photo, the evidence of this destruction still remains after 46 years.

Ganden monastery buildings destroyed by the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army after the 1959 Tibetan uprising and exile of the 14th Dalai Lama to India. In this 2005 photo, the evidence of this destruction still remains after 46 years.

New construction (in 2005) of Ganden monastery buildings destroyed by the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army after the 1959 Tibetan uprising and exile of the 14th Dalai Lama to India. In this 2005 photo, the evidence of this destruction still remains after 46 years.

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Ganden monastery buildings destroyed by the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army after the 1959 Tibetan uprising and exile of the 14th Dalai Lama to India. The evidence of this destruction still remains after 46 years.