Himalayan Art - A Magnificent Poem That Is Beyond Ordinary.

The Purpose of Travel ▎A Beginner's Guide for the "New Generation" of Pilgrims

The Purpose of Travel ▎A Beginner's Guide for t...

Integrate pilgrimage into daily life  With a devout heart  To journey, to grow, to refine  Perhaps this too is another form of trekking

The Purpose of Travel ▎A Beginner's Guide for t...

Integrate pilgrimage into daily life  With a devout heart  To journey, to grow, to refine  Perhaps this too is another form of trekking

The Heartbeat of Snowy Peaks Through the Lens of the World Mobile Photography Award Champion

The Heartbeat of Snowy Peaks Through the Lens o...

Distant life is wonderful—  only, both the going there  and the coming back  take so very long.

The Heartbeat of Snowy Peaks Through the Lens o...

Distant life is wonderful—  only, both the going there  and the coming back  take so very long.

Ghosts and Deities: Masks of the Himalayan Region (Part 1) - Gandhanra-ART

Ghosts and Deities: Masks of the Himalayan Regi...

Each use signifies the enhancement of the mask's sacred power, with old masks being carefully repaired rather than discarded.

Ghosts and Deities: Masks of the Himalayan Regi...

Each use signifies the enhancement of the mask's sacred power, with old masks being carefully repaired rather than discarded.

Naoki Ishikawa, Reborn in the Himalayas. - Gandhanra-ART

Naoki Ishikawa, Reborn in the Himalayas.

I am alive, yet each time I feel reborn in the Himalayas.

Naoki Ishikawa, Reborn in the Himalayas.

I am alive, yet each time I feel reborn in the Himalayas.

The Beard in Himalayan Portraiture (Part 2) ▎Spotted It from Afar - Gandhanra-ART

The Beard in Himalayan Portraiture (Part 2) ▎Sp...

If the yogi's beard tradition stems from Tibetan masters emulating and learning from "South Asian archetypes," then the tertön's beard tradition carries distinctly indigenous religious traits.

The Beard in Himalayan Portraiture (Part 2) ▎Sp...

If the yogi's beard tradition stems from Tibetan masters emulating and learning from "South Asian archetypes," then the tertön's beard tradition carries distinctly indigenous religious traits.

The beard in the Himalayan portrait (Part 1) ▎Accumulating wisdom and dignity - Gandhanra-ART

The beard in the Himalayan portrait (Part 1) ▎A...

Beards, as the so-called "secondary sexual characteristic" of men, hold greater significance in socio-psychological and cultural analysis than their mere biological function.

The beard in the Himalayan portrait (Part 1) ▎A...

Beards, as the so-called "secondary sexual characteristic" of men, hold greater significance in socio-psychological and cultural analysis than their mere biological function.