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Daily Travel Snapshot: Dharamsala, India
Blog: WildJunket - 4 August 2011
Tibetan prayer wheels in Dharamsala, India. Dubbed Little Tibet, Dharamsala is home to thousands of Tibetan refugees including the Dalai Lama. It’s an intriguing place that has drawn me deep into the Tibetan world and stirred my soul.
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Tibet in Exile: Dharamsala, India
Blog: WildJunket - 30 August 2010
As our bus crawled into the misty highlands of Dharamsala, we felt like we had left India behind. The humid heat and raucous chaos were all gone, only to be replaced by cool mountain air and calm serenity. Tibetan monks stroll languidly through the town’s narrow alleys.
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Gadong Monastery of Second Tibetan Government Oracle, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 21 March 2010
Young monks in yellow hats from Gadong playing big Tibetan trumpets
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Norbulingka Institute, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 21 March 2010
Norbulingka Institute: http://www.norbulingka.org/ One of the most important places for preserving Tibetan cultural heritage. Located in small village Sidhpur near Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh, India.
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Deden Tsuglagkhang Monastery, Norbulingka Institute, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 21 March 2010
Deden Tsuglagkhang Monastery of Norbulingka Institute is located in Sidhpur village near Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh. Tibetan Buddhist nuns building new nunnery near Norbulingka Institute. Dhauladhar Mountains in the background
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Annual Sport Competition in SOS Tibetan Children Village, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 3 February 2010
TCV Motto: Others Before Self Opening Ceremony:
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SOS Tibetan Children Village & Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts: cultural show in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 1 February 2010
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Kora around H.H, Dalai Lama seat, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 12 January 2010
Every day many Tibetans living in Dharamsala performs traditional circumambulation around seat of H.H. Dalai Lama. On the Kora way there are many prayer wheels, mani stones and prayer flags.
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Giving Back in India, with Art Refuge
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 9 January 2010
When Mariellen sent us her story about volunteering as an art therapist in Dharamsala we were eager to include her in our Giving Back Series. Although it is a copy of what she has on her site, she wanted us to share the story as it is written from the heart and impossible to write any other way.
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Tibetan Medicine in India and Nepal
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 28 December 2009
Tibetan medicine is a centuries-old traditional medical system that employs a complex approach to diagnosis, incorporating techniques such as pulse analysis and urinalysis, and utilizes behavior and dietary modification, medicines composed of natural materials (e.g., herbs and minerals) and physical therapies (e.g. Tibetan acupuncture, moxabustion, etc.) to treat illness. (wikipedia.org)
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Deity Tormas - Tibetan Butter Sculptures from Dip Tse Chokling monastery, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 22 December 2009
Torma are figures made mostly of flour and butter used in tantric rituals or as offerings in Tibetan Buddhism. They may be dyed in different colors, often with white or red for the main body of the torma. They are made in specific shapes based on their purpose, usually conical in form. A very large, central shrine torma may be constructed for festivals, though typically they are small and placed directly on a shrine, on a plate, mounted on leather or held on a special base like a skull.
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10 do's for McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 1 November 2009
1. Arrive in McLeod Ganj two hours early from Manali at 4 AM when everything is closed. Fight with touts who want to take you to the shabbiest guesthouses down some freaking long steps. Say no to the overpriced lousy rooms and walk the even longer seeming steps back up and camp out on the street with stray dogs. Good fun if you have the right company! Shalom! Something in Danish!
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A cheater's guide to surviving a ten day Vipassana course
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 26 October 2009
If you are seriously thinking of doing a ten day Vipassana meditation course you might not want to read this. In a Vipassana course you commit yourself to not communicating in any way for ten days.
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McLeod Ganj
Blog: Kieron Clark - 16 August 2009
It was getting on for quarter past two, but at the bus stand in McLeod Ganj everything had ground to a halt. A dozen or so local travellers stood around the ticket office, waiting patiently for it to re-open. We joined them, doing our best to find the back of the queue then, realising [...]
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Monkeys Become an Election Issue
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 10 April 2009
With elections starting soon, a report in the Hindu News states that monkeys are now a major electoral issue in here in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
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A Walk On The Wild-Side (Part Five) – McLeod Ganj to Dharamsala
Blog: Ketchup With Aubs - 1 March 2009
There are several paths to take you down the hill. Alternatively you can work your way down the Jogiwara Road until you hit your destination, although it is continuously in the process of being repaired. It´s a journey of about 10kms, an altitude change of some 600metres and it contains several steep switchbacks. Heading down you will pass Boom-Boom V on the left hand side – a great place to check out, although it has been closed all winter.
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