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Around Town

Most of these photos were taken in Rewalsar, where I spent two weeks up in the caves with the meditators and nuns. Some, however, are from the road to Dharamsala (where I’m wiriting this), and a few from Dharamsala itself. I plan to put up a Dharamsala page, later.

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Rewalsar Top of House-Shrine This is the top of the house/shrine, up in the caves...the mountains are visible in the background, and Rewalsar town lies about 1000m below.
Shrine to Princess Me in the main cave. This shrine is to an Indian princess associated with Guru Padmasambhava.

Ani Bumchin, Nun Making Torma for Losar Ani Bumchun, one of the nuns/meditators, making torma for Losar (Tibetan New Year).
Child At Shrine The ten-year-old girl I was hanging around with, up in the caves.

Spinster A beggar-woman, selling offerings to a Hindu god, and spinning cashmere/goat hair on a tahkli.
Shopkeeper Churning Curd A shopkeeper invited me to stay with his family for one night...here he is, churning curd in the morning. (The family had three cows--that was the best and sweetest milk I've ever tasted.)

Monks and Meditators Me and some meditators/pilgrims, outside their caves...
Tien with Nuns and Pilgrims ...me with some pilgrims and nuns, up on the roof of one of the shrines.

Indian Women At Market Some colorfully dressed Indian women at market.
Indian Beggar Woman A beggar-woman who climbed inside the bus to beg. I have no idea what god's shrine she was carrying, but I gave her a few rupees anyway.

Knife-sharpener in Rewalsar A knife-sharpener plying his trade, in Rewalsar...
Parade in Mandi Man in a parade in Mandi. India has a lot of religious festivals, so on most days there's *some* sort of religious procession going on.

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