Journey Introspect: Monastery on the way to Sandakphu
Pity that I take so many photographs only to store them on my hard drive. Here's a little attempt to share the beauty on the other end of the lens. This one is from a trip to Rimbick where we had gone to conduct a farmers training. Initially we were planning a night halt at Sandakphu but the villagers strongly adivised against it as the trek is nearly 6 hours long that too for experienced trekkers. On the other hand the local villagers reach Sandakphu in 4 hours and reach return back in 3 hours or so. Finally we decided to go for a trek towards Jarayo Pokhari (Deer Lake) on the way to Sandakphu, a two hour trek from Rimbick Bazar, but then again we only made it half way up to the monastery. The village around the Monastery is called Maney Dara and name of the monastery is Mahendra Samten Monastery which was built around 1917. The main monastery itself is new but the stone structures and relics around it are old and beautiful. A beautiful stupa stands atop the hill