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Cambodian Monks on a boat

I was walking in this small village adjoining Tonle Sap Lake, where I made this image.
Cambodian Monks
The village was a long line of houses on either side of a unmetalled road. The road was a raised mud-bank, while the houses were built on stilts to keep the water out during the high season. This place also served as a gateway to several other dwellings that are built fully over water, without road access. These monks were on their way to one such place on Tonle Sap Lake. They were getting in to boat driven by the boatman, but it rook a bit hop,skip and jump over other boats to get there.
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Travel Photography: Meeting Monks in Myanmar

I have a fascination for Buddhist Monks. I have watched, interacted, admired and photographed practicing monks for many years during my travels in Ladakh, Himachal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh. They have a genial smile that quickly puts me at ease, and their photogenic faces and ochre-robes seem to attract my camera. My last encounter with monks happened at a remote village in Central Myanmar, where curiosity led me to a Buddhist monastery.

Buddhist Monks, Myanmar

This was at Ywama Village in Inle Lake region, where I was with my guide-cum-boatman to visit a market. The monastery was at the entrance to the market and I wasn’t going to miss a chance to exchange smiles with monks.

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Monks Gathered After a Puja at Rimpung Dzong in Paro, Bhutan

A gathering of monks outside a prayer hall at Rimpung Dzong in Paro, Bhutan.

monks at Rimpung Dzong, Paro, Bhutanbhutan