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Nature and Beliefs in Bhutan

To Bhutanese the love of nature and respect for Buddhism go hand in hand. Here spirituality represented by the novice monk is seeing and feeling the force and majesty of nature, the wind and the stunning mountainscape of the Eastern Himalayas.

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Date Taken: 10.2024
Date Uploaded: 11.2024
Photo Location: Laya, Bhutan
Copyright: © Mark Muscat de Celis