Page 5 - William Cape Gardens Newsletter Summer 2019_Final

5 WILLIAM CAPE NEWS, SUMMER 2019
Guest Photographer

Meet Kunju Rajbhandari

I am Cranbrook Care's Financial Accountant and love to
take photos for my Instagram account.

Recently I went back home to Nepal to visit my family during Diwali. I
was away for four weeks and took a side trip to Sikkim in Northern India.
The State of Sikkim is bordered by Bhutan, Tibet and Nepal. It is part of
the Himalayas; the area has a dramatic landscape. Sikkim is also home to
glaciers, alpine meadows and thousands of varieties of wildflowers.
Steep paths lead to hilltop Buddhist monasteries such as Pemayangtse,
which dates to the early 1700s. The perfect place to practice my
photography skills!
Above is Tsomgo Lake, it is a holy lake which is frozen over during
winter. From a certain angle the shape of the lake represents the map of
India. In my photo I've captured the reflection of the surrounding
mountains.

Top left is a photo of a monastery where the primary attraction is the
gigantic Chenrezig Statue. The rotating gold prayer wheels are used to
accumulate wisdom and good karma and to purify negativities in
Buddism.

In the bottom photo at Tsomgo Lake, are the colourfully adorned Yaks
which are ridden by tourists. Yaks are commonly found in the Himalayan
region to transport goods and are domesticated animals in Sikkim.