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SIKKIM - Gangtok. Near the Inchey Monastery. School for Tibetan Refugee children. 122 children are boarded in this school, their parents work on the North Sikkim Road project. There are 3 teachers, the children learn how to write on paddle like boards. - Marilyn Silverstone

Gangtok. Near the Inchey Monastery. School for Tibetan Refugee children. 122 children are boarded in this school, their parents work on the North Sikkim Road pr

SIKKIM - Gangtok. The Palden Thondup Cottage Industries Institute. Boys and girls are taught traditional arts and crafts of weaving, painting, and carpet making in a recently started multi craft section.

Boys learning how to draw. - Marilyn Silverstone

Gangtok. The Palden Thondup Cottage Industries Institute. Boys and girls are taught traditional arts and crafts of weaving, painting, and carpet making in a rec

SIKKIM - Gangtok. Kindergarden of a Girl's School. The school was founded by the Missionaries of the Church of Scotland in the Bazaar, and it is now owned by the government. The language of instruction is Nepalese, the alphabete used is Lepcha. - Marilyn Silverstone

Gangtok. Kindergarden of a Girl's School. The school was founded by the Missionaries of the Church of Scotland in the Bazaar, and it is now owned by the governm

SIKKIM - Gangtok. The Palden Thondup Cottage Industries Institute. Boys and girls are taught traditional arts and crafts of weaving, painting, and carpet making in a recently started multi craft section.

Boys learning how to draw. - Marilyn Silverstone

Gangtok. The Palden Thondup Cottage Industries Institute. Boys and girls are taught traditional arts and crafts of weaving, painting, and carpet making in a rec

SIKKIM - The construction of the North Sikkim Road, which runs from Gangtok to Lachen, and is 100 miles long. Workers walk at an altitude of 6000-10.000 ft. on a muletrack. Of the 8000 workers, 3500 are Tibetan Refugees. They have built 20 miles of road in 6 months by hand, it has taken them 1 year to build 45 miles of road. - Marilyn Silverstone

The construction of the North Sikkim Road, which runs from Gangtok to Lachen, and is 100 miles long. Workers walk at an altitude of 6000-10.000 ft. on a muletra...

SIKKIM - Goongsar Tibetan New Year. 27th February 1960.
A Darbar (Court meeting). Tashi NAMGYAL (66), Sikkim's Maharaja, receiving his guests.
Seated on the right of the King are Shri Baleshwar Prasaw, the Dewan (Prime Minister) of Sikkim, and the Maharajkuma Palden Thondup Namgyal (37), the King's son. - Marilyn Silverstone

Goongsar Tibetan New Year. 27th February 1960.
A Darbar (Court meeting). Tashi NAMGYAL (66), Sikkim's Maharaja, receiving his guests.
Seated on the right of t

SIKKIM - Gangtok. The Palden Thondup Cottage Industries Institute. Boys and girls are taight traditional arts and crafts of weaving, painting, and carpet making in a recently started multi craft section.

Girls weaving Sikkimese rugs under the supervision of a weaving master. - Marilyn Silverstone

Gangtok. The Palden Thondup Cottage Industries Institute. Boys and girls are taight traditional arts and crafts of weaving, painting, and carpet making in a rec

SIKKIM - Sir Tashi Namgyal, 11th Chogyal of Sikkim, in his studio with his grandchildren Tenzing Kunzap (8), Tenzing Namgyal (7) and Simla (4)Gangtok Royal Palace., Sikkim. - Marilyn Silverstone

Sir Tashi Namgyal, 11th Chogyal of Sikkim, in his studio with his grandchildren Tenzing Kunzap (8), Tenzing Namgyal (7) and Simla (4)Gangtok Royal Palace., Sik

SIKKIM - SIKKIM. A mountain stream and forest. 1961. - Marilyn Silverstone

SIKKIM. A mountain stream and forest. 1961.

SIKKIM - Gangtok. Near the Inchey Monastery. School for Tibetan Refugee children. 122 children are boarded in this school, their parents work on the North Sikkim Road project. There are 3 teachers, the children learn how to write on paddle like boards - Marilyn Silverstone

Gangtok. Near the Inchey Monastery. School for Tibetan Refugee children. 122 children are boarded in this school, their parents work on the North Sikkim Road pr

SIKKIM - Gangtok Royal Palace. Tashi NAMGYAL, 11th Chogyal of Sikkim, in his studio with his grandchildren Tenzing(8), Wangchuk (7), and Yangchen Dolma (4). - Marilyn Silverstone

Gangtok Royal Palace. Tashi NAMGYAL, 11th Chogyal of Sikkim, in his studio with his grandchildren Tenzing(8), Wangchuk (7), and Yangchen Dolma (4).

SIKKIM - The construction of the North Sikkim Road, which runs from Gangtok to Lachen, and is 100 miles long. Workers walk at an altitude of 6000-10.000 ft. on a muletrack. Of the 8000 workers, 3500 are Tibetan Refugees. They have built 20 miles of road in 6 months by hand, it has taken them 1 year to build 45 miles of road. - Marilyn Silverstone

The construction of the North Sikkim Road, which runs from Gangtok to Lachen, and is 100 miles long. Workers walk at an altitude of 6000-10.000 ft. on a muletra...

SIKKIM - A family in Gangtok, on the Road to Nathula. The sign indicates the way to Nathula which is the passage to Tibet (34 miles away). The road was opened by Nehru in 1956. - Marilyn Silverstone

A family in Gangtok, on the Road to Nathula. The sign indicates the way to Nathula which is the passage to Tibet (34 miles away). The road was opened by Nehru i

SIKKIM - The construction of the North Sikkim Road, which runs from Gangtok to Lachen, and is 100 miles long. Workers walk at an altitude of 6000-10.000 ft. on a muletrack. Of the 8000 workers, 3500 are Tibetan Refugees. They have built 20 miles of road in 6 months by hand, it has taken them 1 year to build 45 miles of road. - Marilyn Silverstone

The construction of the North Sikkim Road, which runs from Gangtok to Lachen, and is 100 miles long. Workers walk at an altitude of 6000-10.000 ft. on a muletra...

SIKKIM - Gangtok. The Palden Thondup Cottage Industries Institute. Boys and girls are taight traditional arts and crafts of weaving, painting, and carpet making in a recently started multi craft section.

Girls weaving Sikkimese rugs under the supervision of a weaving master. - Marilyn Silverstone

Gangtok. The Palden Thondup Cottage Industries Institute. Boys and girls are taight traditional arts and crafts of weaving, painting, and carpet making in a rec

SIKKIM - Gangtok. Near the Inchey Monastery. School for Tibetan Refugee children. 122 children are boarded in this school, their parents work on the North Sikkim Road project. There are 3 teachers, the children learn how to write on paddle like boards. - Marilyn Silverstone

Gangtok. Near the Inchey Monastery. School for Tibetan Refugee children. 122 children are boarded in this school, their parents work on the North Sikkim Road pr

SIKKIM - Gangtok's bazaar. A street barber giving a Tibetan an

Gangtok's bazaar. A street barber giving a Tibetan an "Amdo" haircut. A crown of hair is left to make braids.

SIKKIM - The construction of the North Sikkim Road, which runs from Gangtok to Lachen, and is 100 miles long. Workers walk at an altitude of 6000-10.000 ft. on a muletrack. Of the 8000 workers, 3500 are Tibetan Refugees. They have built 20 miles of road in 6 months by hand, it has taken them 1 year to build 45 miles of road.

Children carrying baskets of stones. - Marilyn Silverstone

The construction of the North Sikkim Road, which runs from Gangtok to Lachen, and is 100 miles long. Workers walk at an altitude of 6000-10.000 ft. on a muletra...

SIKKIM - Southern Sikkim. Sengtam Valley. Rongnichu River.
The construction of a dam for a power plant. Many of the workers are Tibetan refugees. - Marilyn Silverstone

Southern Sikkim. Sengtam Valley. Rongnichu River.
The construction of a dam for a power plant. Many of the workers are Tibetan refugees.

SIKKIM - Goongsar Tibetan New Year. 27th February 1960.
A Darbar (Court meeting). Tashi NAMGYAL (66), Sikkim's Maharaja, before the honour guard parade. - Marilyn Silverstone

Goongsar Tibetan New Year. 27th February 1960.
A Darbar (Court meeting). Tashi NAMGYAL (66), Sikkim's Maharaja, before the honour guard parade.

SIKKIM - SIKKIM. A mountain stream and forest. 1961. - Marilyn Silverstone

SIKKIM. A mountain stream and forest. 1961.

SIKKIM - SIKKIM. - Marilyn Silverstone

SIKKIM.

SIKKIM - SIKKIM. Gangtok. Near the Inchey Monastery. School for Tibetan Refugee children. 122 children are boarded in this school, their parents work on the North Sikkim Road project. There are 3 teachers, the children learn how to write on paddle like boards. 1960. - Marilyn Silverstone

SIKKIM. Gangtok. Near the Inchey Monastery. School for Tibetan Refugee children. 122 children are boarded in this school, their parents work on the North Sikkim

SIKKIM - INDIA. Sikkim. Near gangtok. 1960. Carved and painted shrine at a wayside water source. The letters spell the mantra of compassion. The 6 colors represent the 6 regions of Samsara (worldly existence). Such shrines are meant to be a constant reminder of pure vision speech, and mind, giving passerbys a chance to earn a good karma. - Marilyn Silverstone

INDIA. Sikkim. Near gangtok. 1960. Carved and painted shrine at a wayside water source. The letters spell the mantra of compassion. The 6 colors represent the 6...

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