Showing posts with label northern india. Show all posts
Showing posts with label northern india. Show all posts

Monday, September 8, 2014

Punjab's Holyman, The Devout Sikh Avtar Singh Mauni Wears The World's Largest Turban With Pride...

The devout holyman Sikh Avtar Singh Mauni lives in the town of Patiala in Punjab's
Northern India.
He spends six hours of each day dressing himself in the world's longest and heaviest traditional Punjabi turban called a Pagdi.
It weighs a staggering one hundred pounds and measures 2115 feet long.
The weapons and jewelry the sixty year old carries to adorn his costume weighs another eighty seven pounds.
He's been adding adornments to his attire for the last sixteen years so he's accustomed to the weight and the balancing act required to move around. The only way he can get to his local temple is by motorcycle.
It's just as well he doesn't have to wear a motorcyle helmet as well...








Wednesday, December 4, 2013

The Beautiful And Remote Monastery Of Phuktal Gompa...

The beautiful and remote monastery of Phuktal Gompa situated in the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most isolated in all of  Northern India.
Founded in the early twelfth century by Gangsem Sherap Sampo, the unique monastery is constructed from mud and timber and sited on the cliff face at the entrance of a natural cave.
There's more here but from a distance it bears a close resemblance to a giant honeycomb.
And this is about as close as most of us
will get to see it...








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