Alchi chos-'khor (Alchi monastic complex), lower Ladakh — Kadampa origins, later Gelug administration from Likir
Avalokiteśvara — the Bodhisattva of compassion at the "Ajanta of the Himalayas"
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama — Tenzin Gyatso
Guru Rinpoche — founder of Vajrayāna in the Himalayas
Kālacakra — the Buddhist "Wheel of Time" teaching
Green Tārā — female bodhisattva of Ladakh
Tārā — the swift-liberating female bodhisattva of Tibetan Buddhism
Gaden Namgyal Lhatse (Tawang Monastery) — Gelug, founded 1680-81; the spiritual centre of the Monpa of the Tawang valley
Rig Sum Gönpo (Three Protectors) — RETRACTED identification; the Sikkimese protective figures the sources actually name are Khangchendzonga, Yabdean and Mahākāla