Last year approximately 70 new sherpa boys arrived at Gaden Shartse Lhopa Khangtsen

Some of  the new sherpa boys at Gaden Shartse Lhopa Khangtsen

New sherpa boys arriving at Gaden Shartse Lhopa Khangtsen

New sherpa boys arriving at Gaden Shartse Lhopa Khangtsen

New sherpa boys arriving at Gaden Shartse Lhopa Khangtsen

Young monks at Lhopa Khangtsen waitiing to greet new arrivals

New arrivals settling into Gaden Lhopa

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Young sherpa boys, with heads just shaved settling into Gaden Lhopa

Mundgod is very hot compared to the lush Himalaya mountains where the sherpa boys came from

Young sherpa boys, settling into Gaden Lhopa and their pahs as new monks

Young sherpa boys may have opportunity receive helpful eye operation

Young sherpa boys settling in to their new monastery home