these are not photoshop layers, but layers made by mother nature. shot at pelling, sikkim during very early morning before sunrise.

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an elderly woman sits in front of the window in her hut at the remote village of icheygaon, west bengal.

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4 trainee monks look out of the monastery window in curiosity. shot at pemayangtse monastery, sikkim.

pemayangtse is situated in west sikkim at gyalshing (140 kms. from gangtok) and commands an impressive view of mt. kanchendzonga. it was originally a small lhekhang built by lhatsun chenpo in the 17th century. later during the rule of the third chogyal chakdor namgyal, lhatsun chenpo's third reincarnate jigme pawo extended it and rebuilt the structure. this monastery belongs to the nyigma order and all other nyigma order monasteries in sikkim are subordinate to it. the monks of pemayangtse are usually from the leading bhutia families in sikkim. there are 108 monks in this monastery.

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an unknown small waterfall cascades down the hill near gangtok, sikkim.
shot handheld and thanks to pentax in-body SR system,
i got a reasonable shot even with slow shutter speed.

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first light of morning sun touches world's 3rd highest peak,
mount kanchengdzonga (8535m), as seen from pelling, sikkim.

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