Πρώτη μέρα του Κάγκιου Μόνλαμ στο Ναό Μάχα Μπόντι

His Holiness Gyalwa Karmapa offers a scarf in front of the Buddha statue in the Main Temple

His Holiness Gyalwa Karmapa offers a scarf in front of the Buddha statue in the Main Temple

Opening of Kagyu Monlam with lightning a lamp under the Bodhi Tree

Opening of this year's Kagyu Monlam with His Holiness lighting a lamp under the Bodhi Tree

Mandala offering under the Bodhi Tree

Mandala offering under the Bodhi Tree

Thousands of monks and devotees from all over the world have come to join in the prayers for the benefit of all sentient beings under the Bodhi Tree in Bodhgaya

Kagyu Monlam prayer book offered by Lama Tsultrim Namgyal to His Holiness Gyalwa Karmapa

First day of Kagyu Monlam prayers in Bodhgaya 2013

His Eminence Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche under the Bodhi Tree

First day of Kagyu Monlam prayers in Bodhgaya 2013

Devotees taking chance to get blessing from the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa

Devotees taking chance to receive blessing from the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa

Offering of a new biography of the 16th Karmapa, written by Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa with 16th Karmapa's biography written by Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche