Spring it is!

Dendrobium Nobile

Common Lantana

Desmodium Canadense

 

Spring it is,

A season of flowers,

Scenic with all its blooms,

Spring it is,

A season of music,

Chirps and whirrs of lives around.

Spring it is,

A season of hope,

Old thrives and young juvenates.

Blue Sage

Woodfordia Fruitcosa

Larjab Nye/Lhakhang

Larjab Nye/Gonpa/lhakhang at about 2642 masl is located at some 3.5 kms walk from the nearest road point; about 13 kms drive from the Mongar town along the East-West PNH. For an ardent hiker, it is an easy 2 hours hike (one way) through oak and bamboo forests. There is a single storeyed monastery built on a cliff which appears to have no end, and another small lhakhang like zangdopelri some 100 steep steps above and a cluster of hermitages some 100 meters before reaching the main temple. At this time of the year, with clear blue sky in forecast, one can enjoy the scenic beauty of beautiful village setting of Changshing gonpa, Lingkhar, Panglem and Anim gonpa towards south-east of the monastery.

Larjab Gonpa was founded by Drupthop Kuenzang Chophel from Thenmangbi village, a disciple of 9th Je Khenpo; His Holiness Gyalwa Shacha. His Eminence, Gyelthsen Tulku is the reincarnation of the Drupthob.

Oral history as narrated by the monk caretaker of the Lhakhang goes to say that; some 300 years ago, Drupthob was blessed with a cliff-like stone replica of present monastery site by his root Guru and was prophesied to construct a temple there. As prophesied by his root guru, he traversed in search of the site and reached the present monastery site, which had the exact resemblance to the replica. Upon locating the site, he entered into retreat for 6 years and said to have encountered many good omens and signs confirming his finding.

Oral history has to say that, a part of monastery was built by five dakinis, a part by lam in a day and rest by the local deity/tsen Sonam Jamtsho.

While there are many fascinating narrations about the place and the treasures discovered, I have refrained from sharing here as I deemed inappropriate to share without a proper validation.

Disclaimer: mistakes and omissions are all mine.

Silhouette thoughts

A crescent bright moon

And the late night mellows

A deep soothing slumber

And the bygone tranquil moment

Astray wishful postulation

A chimera of ones desires

The Rinpung Dzong

The crimson cupola

On a silvery pedestal

With an obi-like penumbra dossal

Amidst the dead of night

Overlooking the tranquil Tshongdue. 

The twinkles on the street

Proffering a scenic possie

To the titanic of fort

Amid inky covering

Embellishing the Majestic citadel

A strolling junky mortal

Awed by the panoramic locus

Sets aside the mundane life

Pleading the deity therein

For a momentary bliss

Mobile Photography

1. Panoramic back view of Buddha Dhodenma Statue at Kuenselphodrang. 

2. Close up view of Choeth Pai Lhamo, Goddess of offering around the Buddha Dhodenma statue at Kuenselphodrang.

3. Dochula; Pass along Thimphu-Wangdue highway in summer of 2015.

4. Changangkha lhakhang in Thimphu, trying from a different angle.

5. Panoramic view of Thimphu city, as one look from east side of the city. 

6. Portrait of The Great Fourth with Memorial Chorten in Background. Clicked one cold autumn morning, when the whole country was in celebration mood; the 60th birth anniversary of His Majesty The Fourth Druk Gyalpo.

7. Taktshang from Macchig Phug, about 10-15 minutes walk from the Taktshang view point. 

8. Panoramic view of Paro Valley from the Ugyen Tse Mo, a temple on top of Taktshang cliff.

9. Water prayer wheels on the way towards Taktshang, just where you start the stiff ascend.

10. Cable stayed bridge, Hooghly, Kolkata, November, 2015

11. Scenic view of a Village at the base of Baylangdra. February, 2016.

12. A close up view of a cherry blossom with Majestic Memorial Chorten in the background, Spring, 2016.

13. Cypress the  National Tree of Bhutan, Pangrizampa Institute of Astrology, March, 2016.

My Ama's collection

Here i share some flowers from my mother's collection. She loves collecting, planting and growing flowers, though little does she know about the flowers family and species. Also, i forgot few local  names that she knows and shared. I have just the description-less pictures.

Please name yourself and enjoy.

Thank you and hope you liked her collections.