Alex's Guide to Spiti

Buddhism II



The Buddha of Rangrik looking at Chau Chau Kang Nelda



Mask of Guru Rimpochè, Kungri gompa



Statue of Phak Thak, old Kungri gompa



Smart looking lama of Comic



Symmetry



Playing the cymbals during Comic festival



And their colleagues blasting the big horns



Real and ritual moons



Mask of Comic festival



More horn playing



Symbolic butter figure, to be destroyed in fire



Blowing hard



Surprised or yawning?



Sad destiny



Old statues in Kungri



Beautiful Avalokiteswara of Mane



Happy monk



Gruesome painting on a door, Comic



A rarely seen silver painted Padmasambava



Different looking Buddha, in Mane



Old Green Tara statue, Mane



Stuffed jungle cat, in Mud



Painting in Mud's small temple



Like a Mandala, with a difference



No censorship in Kungri



Butter weird figure



Mythological figure painted in the new monastery of Kaza



Masks at Kungri during the festival



Guru Rimpoche, in Kungri



Minder of the festival in Ki



Another minder in Ki



On the rooftop of Ki



Everything made of butter here



Natural rock Buddha, Pin valley



Garuda painted above the gate of the new gompa of Kaza