Little boxes on the hillside... home to 40,000 Buddhist monks: The stunning makeshift town that has sprung up around a Tibetan monastery

• The remote settlement located in the Larung Valley, Serthar County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in China
• The thousands of tiny homes sprawled up the mountainside form one of the world's largest Buddhist institutes

By Amanda Williams
             

  Nestled amid the rolling mountains, deep within the Larung Gar Valley, thousands of tiny wooden homes form one of the world's largest Buddhist institutes.
The remote but sprawling settlement is found at elevations of 12,500ft and is home to over 40,000 monks, nuns and religious students.
It is located in the Larung Valley, Serthar County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in China.