Saturday, May 16, 2015

Tawang - the land of Monpas - day 4

Good Morning

Overnight, it had snowed heavily at the mountain tops


Green Valley and white peaks all around. Girya's place sits in these serene surroundings
As if gods had dropped a wheat flour sack over the mountains

Prayers wheels in the frontyard

We enjoyed playing badminton here..

Photo sessions till others got ready for the day

Colourful and Beautiful flowers

Beauty lies in the eyes of beholder

Busy Bee
Entrance of the Tawang Monastery

Lord Buddha - Inside the Monastery

Intricate art work everywhere

may be an oil pot to serve oil to the lamps.. 

Colourful decoration everywhere

View inside the monastery campus

Old part of the Monastery getting renovated 
Entrance of an old house near the monastery

Stories Painted on every wall of the Monastery

Lot of history and culture in every painting

Attention to detail- This is just a part of Buddha's crown

Large cauldrons used for special occasions

Museum houses lot of  articles used  in yesteryears

View from the the Monastery
Another View - Today we will drive up these mountains

Majestic Tawang Monastery


We start our journey to the top

Beautiful Landscape

Road width becomes smaller and smaller

Many many lakes on the way.. 
Cameras cannot capture and explain the experience

More than 15000 ft

Finally reached y junction - mid point

Best momos I ever had - hot and delicious

Taking a break

More lakes and we are told this place is heaven when the snow melts and there is some greenery around

Another break for snaps in the snow 

It was very very cold.. light wollen clothing was not enough at all :)

Rambo playing with ice






It started snowing again

Roads were dangerously slippery

We reach our destination for the day - Shonga tseir lake

splendid beauty of mountains all around










This is also called as Madhuri lake



Devine Ducks

It started snowing again

We started back

Sikh Guru - Guru Nanak had visited here

Snow dogs

Snow daggers

Double daggers






Another break at Y junction - 14615 ft

Icicles

PTSO lake

Another view of PTSO lake

Lord Buddha - overlooking Tawang valley

Lord Buddha Statue - under construction

View of Monastery while returning from Madhuri lake

In the evening we visited the dragon retaurant in Tawang. - Must visit place

Waiting for dinner to be served



Excellent, Fantastic, Fabulous, super food

Thus ended one of the best days of our life.. what an experience.

Till now we had only heard of Mighty Himalayan mountains. It is like experiencing a completely different world altogether.