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Photo Favorite: Cost of a Public Toilet in India
Blog: GoBackpacking - 17 April 2011
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Photo Favorite: World’s Best Beer Name
Blog: GoBackpacking - 20 February 2011
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Namchi Nyingma Monastery, Sikkim, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 23 March 2010
Monastery is located just above the town of Namchi in South Sikkim. You can find there masterpiece mural paintings by local artists: Guru Rinpoche and big prayer wheel
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Capital of Sikkim: Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 8 March 2010
Gangtok seen from Rumtek on opposite hill
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Enchey monastery of Nyingmapa, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 8 March 2010
Enchey Gompa building
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Dro-dul stupa and Institute of Tibetology in Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 8 March 2010
Dro Dul stupa
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Tsuklakhang Palace, Royal Chapel and Monastery, Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 8 March 2010
Royal monastery of the Chogyals, Kings of Sikkim: Building of Tsuklakhang Palace, Royal Chapel and Monasteryin Gangtok
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Rumtek Dharmachakra Karma Kagyu Monastery near Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 24 February 2010
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Giant Guru Rinpoche or Padmasambhava statue in Samdrupche, South Sikkim, India
Blog: Sherab's Photography - 21 December 2009
The world's largest statue (at 118 feet) of the Buddhist Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, the patron saint of Sikkim, is on the Samdruptse hill (The Wish Fulfilling well) opposite Namchi. It was completed in February 2004. It is also said that the Samdruptse hill is actually a Dormant Volcano. Myths say that the buddhist monks have been going on top of the hill and offering prayers to the volcano to keep it calm.
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Friday Flashback – Stress & Meditation in Bodhgaya
Blog: GoBackpacking - 23 October 2009
34 hours….1 taxi….1 share jeep….1 overnight train….1 bus ride….3 autorickshaws….1 bicycle rickshaw…. In 20 months abroad, my longest continuous period of travel was the trip from Gangtok, Sikkim to Bodhgaya. We passed a young woman in a bright, flowing silk sari talking to a man and my mind couldn’t reconcile how such a beautiful woman could coexist [...]Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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Friday Flashback – Sikkim Adventures
Blog: GoBackpacking - 16 October 2009
Sikkim is a former Buddhist kingdom nestled along the Himalaya, bordered to the west by Nepal, the north by Tibet, and the east by Bhutan and China. About 30 years ago, India took the reigns, yet its unique identity is still reflected throughout the state. Narrow, winding roads are etched into the sides of steep mountains [...]Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier) No related posts.
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