Prayer flags
These Tibetan Prayer Flags were located on a mountain ridge just above the Mahakala cave where Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) meditated. It is in this cave that he realized that fasting and mortifying the flesh would not bring him enlightenment or divine knowledge. This cave is located 12 km from the main town of Bodh Gaya where Siddartha later became enlightened under the Bodhi Tree.
The flags were put up by Tibetan monks from a nearby Monastery. After sharing some tea with me, they encouraged me to climb up the mountain and see the flags they had just hung.
The photo was taken with a Leica M8 using a 28mm ASPH Summicron at F2 with a 1/6000 sec shutter speed.
Prayer flags
These Tibetan Prayer Flags were located on a mountain ridge just above the Mahakala cave where Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) meditated. It is in this cave that he realized that fasting and mortifying the flesh would not bring him enlightenment or divine knowledge. This cave is located 12 km from the main town of Bodh Gaya where Siddartha later became enlightened under the Bodhi Tree.
The flags were put up by Tibetan monks from a nearby Monastery. After sharing some tea with me, they encouraged me to climb up the mountain and see the flags they had just hung.
The photo was taken with a Leica M8 using a 28mm ASPH Summicron at F2 with a 1/6000 sec shutter speed.