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Monks and Monasteries of the Mountains

It was a just a nice winter morning like all other but with a slight difference mood in all ways. I found myself roaming in the hilly roads, covered by clouds and fogs. Gangtok, the Capital of Sikkim, is always a center of monasteries, monks and mountains. The Seven brothers of Mountain Chain rounding this amThe day of cloudy when we set out for a local tour of the City and Around. There were lots of placed to visit like Golden Stup, Museum, Hunuman Tok, Ganesh Tok, Taschi View Point.

But the main attraction was the two Monasteries "RANKA" and "RUMTEK".azing city, will make you breathe more than anywhere in India. Ranka Monastery, Calm, Quiet, sounds only the breezing wind and birds, missing Monks and Festive. The ideal place for study and meditation. The natural beauty of that place made us overwhelming. It was not very early morning a RANKA, but the doors were closed and there were very few monks in that Monastery. The Driver of our rented car, came out as a very familiar person among the monks. A young open the doors of monastery for us. He also allow us to take photo of the inside story. At my first step inside the monastery, a current flew through my body, a completely different world, a world of wisdom, a world of divinity, a world of "Tyag". The golden huge status of BuddhaDeva was truly influencing the whole place as well as the ones in there. There were various accessories, lots of foods and books kept inside in a systematic way. There are also some pictures of High Monks, along with that of Dalailama. The inside walls, roof, doors, curtains are the most fashionable and colorful things I have ever seen. Lots of messages and historic tales are documented on each of them. Three different flags hoisted on the Gate of the Monastery also drew our attention.


Inside the RANKA Monastery





When we reached Rumtek Monastery, a holy festive was about to start. Monks of different ages were getting dressed in there special ways. The air was getting decorated with the Smoke and the sound of "Damama". A group of monks first started walking in a rounding fashion and got assembled in front of the monastery. The king monk, dressed very specially and differently than all, stood in the center. A separate group of monk were drumming from the side. A monk, seems to be a kind of "Priest" was giving the some holy liquid to the king in a fancy glass and He was throwing those liquid all around. The function ended with a round of high beat drumming and praying sound from all of the monks. The function last for 15-20 minutes, a very interesting experience, which otherwise been seen in Discovery Channel or in NGC.


The holy function at RUMTEK Monastery


Group of Lamas Drumming the Damama at RUMTEK


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