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Darjeeling Silver Lining

By on February 17, 2012 in darjeeling, Darjeeling Photos, Photography - my passion, travel and tour

As we wait for the First Flush Darjeeling Tea 2012 season to begin, Darjeeling slowly gets to show its change in weather. Though still chilly, the much needed sun for this year’s 2012 First Flush crop is showing its face from time to time. Darjeeling needs a mix bag of weather for the tea – rain, sun, mist, fog alternatively and its kinda perfect now, but the shoots need to warm up a bit more to flush fully.

Here is such a weather change and setting which I got during sunset. “Every cloud has its silver lining” – the perfect picture portray. Hope you like it!

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- Benoy

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A Misty Ride to a nearby Darjeeling village

By on February 15, 2012 in darjeeling, Darjeeling Photos, travel and tour

Though the chill which we experienced during the month of January is not there anymore, its February 15 today and Darjeeling is still misty! In between we had some great sunny days, but the fog managed to blanket Darjeeling once again. My bike too goes into a hibernating state as the Darjeeling Tea bushes go, once the chill starts – thats what it had been doing – today I let it spread its wings a bit. Went on a short ride to a small village town which falls inbetween Nepal and India border – Maneybhanjang. This is the place from where the famous Sandhakphu trek starts!

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Its great to ride on a huge highway, but its not at all boring riding on the slopes of the Himalayan mountains! May not be a speedy ride, but a ride amidst undulating tea gardens, hills and nature. Such was a ride today, close to nature which had clad itself with the drop laden clouds, though visibility becomes misty, its always best to ride slow and enjoy the weather!

darjeeling-travel-bike-ride-1 darjeeling-travel-bike-ride-2_0 darjeeling-travel-bike-ride-4 darjeeling-travel-bike-ride-5 darjeeling-travel-bike-ride-6 Hope you like the photos!

- Benoy

 

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Some Tea with Darjeeling Capitol Clock Tower smiling | Photo post

By on February 5, 2012 in Darjeeling Photos, Personal Ramblings, Photography - my passion, travel and tour

Today I got sometime off and went on a stroll around town with my family. It was kinda late when we got out and soon the night crawled upon and humbled us all. As the night was approaching, we were having some Darjeeling Tea and food at the famous Darjeeling restaurant (open air) “Keventers”, and the slow crawl bestowed a certain brightness of magnificence pertaining to the view it was offering. Lucky I had taken my compact, P&S, I managed to take one shot of the Capitol Clock Tower or generally known as Darjeeling Clock Tower. Hope you like the photo. The photo is a little shaky as I had no tripods and clicked it free hand. No digital slr, just plain and simple point and shoot cam.

darjeeling-clock-tower Darjeeling Clock Tower photo!

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Roll of dice at TRC Darjeeling | Photos

By on December 23, 2011 in darjeeling culture, Darjeeling Photos, Photography - my passion

Took these sometime back when I visited Tibetan Refugees Self Help Center here in Darjeeling. At the time of my visit, weaving of Tibetan carpets were at a halt, but I got to see the residents playing a game of dice which is common known in Darjeeling as “Parashyo“. This is widely known as the Tibetan game of dice – “SHO”. It comprises of two dice, throwing cup, pad on which the dice is placed, some coins and shells. The unique thing about this is that all things are handmade by the folks interested in the game. I posted some of the photos on Thunderbolt Tea’s Facebook page, but not these ones (I guess). Enjoy the photos!

tibetan-prayer-wheel-darjeeling-trc Tibetan prayer wheels at Tibetan Refugees Self Help Center in Darjeeling

tibetan-dice-game-darjeeling-trc-1 The “SHO” Tibetan game of dice being played by some old Tibetan folks at TRC Darjeeling

tibetan-dice-game-darjeeling-trc-2 Watching the dice get rolled!

tibetan-dice-game-darjeeling-trc-3 Throwing the dice with the help of the throwing cup, placed on the round pad

tibetan-dice-game-darjeeling-trc-5 The twins revealed!

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Darjeeling Tea worker amidst all greens | Photo

By on December 6, 2011 in darjeeling tea estate photos, Darjeeling Tea Photos, Photography - my passion

Here is another photo relating to Darjeeling Tea – a tea worker standing with his spade in hand clearing out the unwanted growth and also planting new tea bushes at a Darjeeling Tea Estate, Phoobsering Tea Estate to be precise.

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I took this with my manual slr. I know the manual doesn’t have the facilities like the digitals, but have always loved its result. I believe it puts more life to the photo!

Enjoy the photo!

- Benoy

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The Monk’s wink captured at Darjeeling Gompa | Photo

By on December 4, 2011 in darjeeling, darjeeling culture, Darjeeling Photos, Photography - my passion

I wanted to share this photo for a long time, maybe I did share it on Facebook but not sure – Its a burden to go through all to verify. This photo was taken at Druk Thupten Sangag Choeling Monastery or commonly known as “Dali Gompa” (locals pronounce it as “Dali Goombaa”) or Dali Monastery in Darjeeling. Dali here signifies the area where this Buddhist monastery is located.

Darjeeling Tibetan Monks at Dali Monastery - Druk Thupten Sangag Choeling Monastery

It is just 4 km away from the main Darjeeling town area. Dali monastery was initially started by Kyabje Thuksey Rinpoche in the year 1971 and finally inaugurated by His Holiness The Dalai Lama in 1983. Dali Gompa forms the headquarters of Drukchen Rimpoche, the XII, the supreme head of the Kargyud lineage.

Buddhish Monk at Darjeeling Monastery - Dali Gompa - Druk Thupten Sangag Choeling Monastery

Now hundreds of Buddhist monks or lamas have enrolled with the monastery for spiritual education. It has always given me peace when I visit such an institution and hearing them reverberate their celestial chants reminds me of the Heavens above – telling me somebody must be up there, watching!

Enjoy the photos

- Benoy

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