The Gotchak or Gochak ritual was started by an old man known as MeMe Phuntsog from Leh.
As the legend goes, one morning a young Prince Siddhartha, many years before he would become the Buddha, was sitting in the garden of his father’s palace. Suddenly a wounded Sarus crane fell from the sky and ...
Long read Part 2/n. Sorry, I was busy with lots of work and didn’t get time for the 2nd part..What an evening it was, absolutely amazing and unbelievable. I reached there in just a few hours. Morning, I was at ...
I got a call from a very close friend of mine from Ladakh and asked me where am I? I had just finished a trip to the south of India and reached home a day before. He asked me to come down to Ladakh the next day. I ...
A little long read and I am writing after a long time. I was in somewhere middle on nowhere in Changthang looking for a nomadic settlement as directed by a friend Sonam. That day we were descending from the ...
Time is coming close to fold days of 2018, wave hands and bid the farewell to the year 2018, Welcome 2019. That means it’s time to forget many things and leave behind, it’s also time to carry forward many ...
I just entered a small village and literally everyone excited and people were running busy for preparation. A big queue of buffaloes (He) were next to the village temple to take blesses and register their name for ...
Time is coming close to wave hands and say bye-bye to the Year 2017. Welcome to 2018. That means it’s time to forget many things and leave behind, it’s also time to carry forward many things. Things to forget ...
Recently my work got published here in Lonely Planet “A look at life with the traditional eagle hunters of Kyrgyzstan” Photographer Manish Lakhani recently spent time in remote Kyrgyzstan, getting to ...
Kathakali is one of the most stylized classical Indian dance-drama known for the classic colourful makeup of characters elaborate costumes, detailed gestures and well-defined body movements (Mudra) presented in tune ...
