Too Many Places to See!

The top image is looking across at the back of Sakya Center in Rajpur. The photo is taken from the road that leads to the Sakya Nunnery in the Dekyiling community. It is not more than an hour walk from Rajpur and 10 minute drive. The image in the middle is of the new Ngor Tantric College built in Manduwalla under the supervision of Luding Khen Rinpoche. And the bottom image is of the famous Drigung Songtsen Library. Tenzin D. and I visited the library when we were in India in 2005. I will not have an opportunity to visit this time, nor will I be able to visit Sakya College and Khenpo Gyatso, Gongkar Chode, Sa-Magon Puruwalla, and a host of other sites. It would take at least a month in Dehradun with a serious schedule prepared to be able to see most of the sites. For the Sakya alone there are twelve or thirteen monasteries, colleges and retreat centres in the Dehradun area. The Hindu holy places of Rishikesh and Haradwar are also a short drive down the road. On Wednesday the Dalai Lama flew into the local airport and then spent the day in Haradwar with a famous Indian Sadhu. He then flew back to Dharamsala in the afternoon. One of my hosts had to be at the airport to officially welcome the Dalai Lama and give a formal greeting representing the Lingtsang community.