“…We are going cheerfully. We notice the colors and shapes of the rocks.

Those who built Lamayura and Maulbek knew what is the true beauty and fearlessness. Before such a scope, before such decorativeness, Italian cities fade. And these solemn ranks of stupas, like joyful lamps, on tourmaline sands. Where will you find such a scenery as the castle of “The Tiger’s Height” Or the innumerable ruins of castles near the Tibetan Karbu, crowning all the cliffs? Where is the country equal to these forgotten sites? Let be just and bow to the true beauty.”

(N.K. Roerich. Altai – Himalayas.)