# A Tibetan Pilgrim Lighting Ghee Lamps

- By: Orly Liu
- Date: 2021-06-11
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Tibetan_Pilgrim_Lighting_Ghee_Lamps.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
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This picture is taken at a sacred cave on the Tibet plateau. In Tibetan beliefs, the light of the Ghee Lamp is a symbol of the Buddha's wisdom and can dispel the darkness of ignorance.