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Road construction on the way to Lama Yuru. Ladakh, India.
Road construction on the way to Lama Yuru. Ladakh, India.
The Fire Puja is performed in the courtyard the day after the dances. Most of the village people have gone home, and Chiwong has a quiet, almost family atmosphere. Jinsak, the Fire Puja is an offering to Agni the god of fire, and to the Gods of the Mandala, to allay all the harm in the world. The harm is visualized as dissolving into the grain and butter and burned. Afterwards, the sand Mandala in the temple is dismantled, and the sand is given as an offering to the serpent gods (Nagas) at the spring below Chiwong Monastery. Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
The Fire Puja is performed in the courtyard the day after the dances. Most of the village people have gone home, and Chiwong has a quiet, almost family atmosphere. Jinsak, the Fire Puja is an offering to Agni the god of fire, and to the Gods of the Mandala, to allay all the harm in the world. The harm is visualized as dissolving into the grain and butter and burned. Afterwards, the sand Mandala in the temple is dismantled, and the sand is given as an offering to the serpent gods (Nagas) at the spring below Chiwong Monastery. Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
The Fire Puja is performed in the courtyard the day after the dances. Most of the village people have gone home, and Chiwong has a quiet, almost family atmosphere. Jinsak, the Fire Puja is an offering to Agni the god of fire, and to the Gods of the Mandala, to allay all the harm in the world. The harm is visualized as dissolving into the grain and butter and burned. Afterwards, the sand Mandala in the temple is dismantled, and the sand is given as an offering to the serpent gods (Nagas) at the spring below Chiwong Monastery. Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
The Fire Puja is performed in the courtyard the day after the dances. Most of the village people have gone home, and Chiwong has a quiet, almost family atmosphere. Jinsak, the Fire Puja is an offering to Agni the god of fire, and to the Gods of the Mandala, to allay all the harm in the world. The harm is visualized as dissolving into the grain and butter and burned. Afterwards, the sand Mandala in the temple is dismantled, and the sand is given as an offering to the serpent gods (Nagas) at the spring below Chiwong Monastery. Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
These monks circumambulate the pyre after its ignition. One holds a long book wrapped in a felicitous scarf. The purifying fire takes the offering and raises them towards the sky in smoke. The circumambulatory ritual also recalls the way disciples showed respect for the Buddha's body. Chiwong Monastery. Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
The Fire Puja is performed in the courtyard the day after the dances. Most of the village people have gone home, and Chiwong has a quiet, almost family atmosphere. Jinsak, the Fire Puja is an offering to Agni the god of fire, and to the Gods of the Mandala, to allay all the harm in the world. The harm is visualized as dissolving into the grain and butter and burned. Afterwards, the sand Mandala in the temple is dismantled, and the sand is given as an offering to the serpent gods (Nagas) at the spring below Chiwong Monastery. Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
The Fire Puja is performed in the courtyard the day after the dances. Most of the village people have gone home, and Chiwong has a quiet, almost family atmosphere. Jinsak, the Fire Puja is an offering to Agni the god of fire, and to the Gods of the Mandala, to allay all the harm in the world. The harm is visualized as dissolving into the grain and butter and burned. Afterwards, the sand Mandala in the temple is dismantled, and the sand is given as an offering to the serpent gods (Nagas) at the spring below Chiwong Monastery. Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
The Fire Puja is performed in the courtyard the day after the dances. Most of the village people have gone home, and Chiwong has a quiet, almost family atmosphere.

Jinsak, the Fire Puja is an offering to Agni the god of fire, and to the Gods of the Mandala, to allay all the harm in the world. The harm is visualized as dissolving into the grain and butter and burned.

Afterwards, the sand Mandala in the temple is dismantled, and the sand is given as an offering to the serpent gods (Nagas) at the spring below Chiwong Monastery. Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
The Fire Puja is performed in the courtyard the day after the dances. Most of the village people have gone home, and Chiwong has a quiet, almost family atmosphere. Jinsak, the Fire Puja is an offering to Agni the god of fire, and to the Gods of the Mandala, to allay all the harm in the world. The harm is visualized as dissolving into the grain and butter and burned. Afterwards, the sand Mandala in the temple is dismantled, and the sand is given as an offering to the serpent gods (Nagas) at the spring below Chiwong Monastery. Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
The Fire Puja is performed in the courtyard the day after the dances. Most of the village people have gone home, and Chiwong has a quiet, almost family atmosphere.

Jinsak, the Fire Puja is an offering to Agni the god of fire, and to the Gods of the Mandala, to allay all the harm in the world. The harm is visualized as dissolving into the grain and butter and burned.

Afterwards, the sand Mandala in the temple is dismantled, and the sand is given as an offering to the serpent gods (Nagas) at the spring below Chiwong Monastery. Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
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