My pictures with their little stories

Dancer at village festival, Ura valley, Bhutan Fully laden with the elaborate dance gear, colourful to the hilt and graceful, would be sufficient adjectives to describe this dancer at the village festival in Ura valley , Bhutan . ( Bhutan, 2015 )

Young monks at Rumtek monastery reading the notice board There must have been some important notice put up at this monastery which made these young monks spend significant time reading and discussing it. The youngest, who was too short to look at the notice board, was trying to find out from others as to what their discussion was all about.  ( Rumtek monastery near Gangtok , 2017)

View from inside a monastery, Bhutan From darkness to colour, that is how the view was from the upper floor at this monastery in Bhutan . It was around noon when I ventured upto the upper floor which was dark and deserted. When I came to the edge, it was all colourful right in front. May be very symbolic. (Bhutan, 2015)

At Tabo monastery, Spiti Being an ancient and important Buddhist monastery, I expected Tabo to have grandeur befitting its status. It turned out that the monastery was unpretentious. There was a serene and mystical beauty in the simplicity at Tabo. (Tabo monastery, Spiti, 2011)

Tabo monastery entrance The feeling is of sheer awe when you are entering a structure which was established more than a thousand years ago and is in continuous operation. Visiting ruins dating back to few thousand years is one thing but entering Tabo monastery established in 996 was a different feeling altogether. Tabo is the oldest continuously operating Buddhist monastery in both India and the Himalayas . ( Spiti , 2013)