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India: Himalaya Sojourn Photo Gallery
Photographs by Steve Winter  Text by Scott Stuckey
Photo: Gangtok, India
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Outside the city of Gangtok, Sikkim, 15-year-old monk Karma Yonten Phuntsok wanders the Lingdum Monastery all alone. "The other monks were away at a retreat," says photographer Steve Winter. "Young Phuntsok was, in effect, the keeper of the temple for the day. He was a bit shy but performed his duties with a calm demeanor."

Read more about India in "Passages Through India," a special section in the November/December 2006 issue of National Geographic Traveler.


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