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![[High Lama reads from Buddhist texts in religious ceremony at the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) prior to the New Year's dance, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NjkvMDEvMDEvaGlnaC1sYW1hLXJlYWRzLWZyb20tYnVkZGhpc3QtdGV4dHMtaW4tcmVsaWdpb3VzLWNlcmVtb255LWF0LXRoZS10c3VrbGFraGFuZy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/220/jpg "[High Lama reads from Buddhist texts in religious ceremony at the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) prior to the New Year's dance, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[High Lama and monks at Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) preparing for new year dances and ceremonies, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvaGlnaC1sYW1hLWFuZC1tb25rcy1hdC10c3VrbGFraGFuZy1tYWluLXRlbXBsZS1wYWxhY2UtdGVtcGxlLXByZXBhcmluZy1mb3ItZjI0M2M0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[High Lama and monks at Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple) preparing for new year dances and ceremonies, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[Lama displaying brocaded robe and masks for the New Year's ceremony at the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple), Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NjkvMDEvMDEvbGFtYS1kaXNwbGF5aW5nLWJyb2NhZGVkLXJvYmUtYW5kLW1hc2tzLWZvci10aGUtbmV3LXllYXJzLWNlcmVtb255LWF0LXRoZS10c3VrbGFraGFuZy02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "[Lama displaying brocaded robe and masks for the New Year's ceremony at the Tsuklakhang Main Temple (Palace Temple), Gangtok, Sikkim]")
![[Buddhist ceremony inside temple, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTEvYnVkZGhpc3QtY2VyZW1vbnktaW5zaWRlLXRlbXBsZS1zaWtraW0tYTA3YjQwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Buddhist ceremony inside temple, Sikkim]")
![[A young girl, Kimu, praying in front of a giant Buddha statue at the Lachung Monastery in northern Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvYS15b3VuZy1naXJsLWtpbXUtcHJheWluZy1pbi1mcm9udC1vZi1hLWdpYW50LWJ1ZGRoYS1zdGF0dWUtYXQtdGhlLWxhY2h1bmctYTViOTc3LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/66/webp "[A young girl, Kimu, praying in front of a giant Buddha statue at the Lachung Monastery in northern Sikkim]")
![[Buddhist monks with cymbals, praying inside temple, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NjUvMDEvMDEvYnVkZGhpc3QtbW9ua3Mtd2l0aC1jeW1iYWxzLXByYXlpbmctaW5zaWRlLXRlbXBsZS1zaWtraW0tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Buddhist monks with cymbals, praying inside temple, Sikkim]")
![[Altar with butter lamps, butter paste offerings (torma) and images to be burned at the end of New Year's ceremony in the palace monastery, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDgvYWx0YXItd2l0aC1idXR0ZXItbGFtcHMtYnV0dGVyLXBhc3RlLW9mZmVyaW5ncy10b3JtYS1hbmQtaW1hZ2VzLXRvLWJlLWJ1cm5lZC03Mjc2NzUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[Altar with butter lamps, butter paste offerings (torma) and images to be burned at the end of New Year's ceremony in the palace monastery, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
