A beautiful but decrepit old church
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Almost forgotten
From the entrance to St. John in the Wilderness, an old Anglican church that has fallen on hard times. After the British left in India, the congregation dwindled with the Christian population of Dharamshala.
The church today is dingy and in need of repair, but not without its charm: beautiful stained glass, picturesque forest setting and a dedicated pastor-cum-caretaker. On the grounds of the church, Lord Elgin, one of the viceroys of India, is buried with little ceremony.
Tags: burial, christianity, church, dharamshala, india, photography, st. john in the wilderness
Newly opened?
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Something is amiss
From an ongoing construction project across from the “new” bus stand in Dharamshala. Someone got excited about printing a sign, but the promised bowling lanes are no where to be found.
Tags: bowling, construction, dharamshala, india, photography
Artists in exiled residence
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Dharamshala, as the political and religious center-in-exile for Tibet, draws refugees from all walks. NGOs and the like have accordingly sprung up hoping to provide transplants with opportunities in their new home.
Here’s a Tibetan carpet workshop on the main square. Fantastic crafts(wo)manship and absolute beauty. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: art, carpet, craft, dharamshala, india, photography, tibet, weaving, women
Prayer wheel redux
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Many wheels to go
The trip to Dharamshala two months ago certainly was photogenic. And I do like photos of faith and the faithful: people practicing their rituals, at that moment when, for many, meaning and the divine are most accessible.
And prayer wheels make for good color and meditation. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: buddhism, dharamshala, india, om mani padme hum, photography, prayer wheel, religion, tibetan
Monk’s mood: Candelight march
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Protest
Monks and others march ’round the main square of Dharamshala in memory of a young monk in Tibet who a day earlier had set himself on fire in protest of Chinese rule over his country. As the primary community for Tibetans in exile from Chinese rule, Dharamshala is something of free expression zone for all manner of protest and sociopolitical thought, like the monk’s vigil.
They do here what they would be shot for doing in Tibet. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: buddhism, dharamshala, india, monk, photography, protest, religion, tibet
Pilgrims and flags
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Pilgrims
A family on a pilgrimage walk around the Namgyal monastery at Dharamshala. This venture through the woods is one of the most peaceful “trails” I’ve encountered in a long time. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: buddhism, dharamshala, environment, india, photography, pilgrim, prayer flags, religion
Dharamshala mountain way
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Solitary
Monk out for a walk on a sunny day.
Tags: buddhism, dharamshala, india, monk, photography, religion
Om mani padme hum
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Turning the wheels
More than a hundred prayer wheels around the Namgyal Monastery in Dharamshala.
Tags: buddhism, dharamshala, india, monk, om mani padme hum, photography, prayer, prayer wheels, religion
Artificial scents in your laundry detergent? Bah!
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Tide Mountain Spring and Oxy-Clean Mountain Fresh and sundry other suds ain’t got nothing on the smell of clothes dried properly in fresh Himalayan air.
Tags: clothes, dharamshala, himalaya, india, laundry, mountains, photography
Himalayan Botany 101
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Strange and beautiful
Where’s my botanist? Mountain flowers from Dharamshala. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: dharamshala, environment, flora, flowers, india, photography
