IDNO

P.96606.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“F. W. became Political Officer in Sikkim on January 4th, 1933.
(Photos 48-51 were taken at HA MPOW: 68-70)
52. “Gorina monastery 22.6.33 [photo taken by] (Sherriff)”
See gi: Gorina
The building at the top of the hill is the main temple, the one in centre probably the abbots residence or monks’ quarters; the small square building in the foreground is a chorten (see GTH: charten).” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; Bhutan; Gorina; Paro

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Sherriff, George

Collector / Expedition

Date

22 June 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Place: Paro is a small valley which is only an hour drive form the capital city of Thimphu. Paro, is said to be the most beautiful of all Bhutan's valley, was also historically the centre of two of the most important trade routes to Tibet. [Dawa Dem 15/9/2008]

Architecture: Many of the monasteries are built on steep hillsides and in other remote places so as to provide a place of quiet and solitude for the monks. Though each monastery has its own design, there are features that are common to all of them. Most monasteries have a central chapel with statues and separate sleeping quarters for the monks. There will be prayer wheels around the outside and a round gold-colored ornament on the roof. A chorten is a small structure whose purpose is for offerings and prayers. Some are built in the memory of a person. [Dawa Dem 15/9/2008]

The transcription of this album by Mark Turin and Sara Shneiderman was carried out with reference to Krystina Cech’s catalogue list alone. Alex Nadin has since revised their cataloguing by systematically matching their records to the images. Margaret Williamson’s handwritten captions for photographs have now been transcribed into the Inscription field, and Cech’s descriptions appear in the Description field. Correct entries for Place, Named Person and Other Nos. have also been entered by Alex Nadin. [Sudeshna Guha 29/10/2002]