Chimi Lhakhang

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Our first blue sky in over a week.   I just had to find an excuse to photograph it and right there were these beautiful flowering cacti. 

 

Holy crocks, footwear of choice for the younger set.

Their patron saint would be proud of the current inhabitants of the  monastery if the number of empty liquor bottles we found piled in a quiet corner of a field were anything to go by. 

Chimi Lhakhang is known around the world as a fertility temple.  

The monks here have been giving blessings using representations of the phallus of the Divine Madman for countless generations. 

Perhaps it is not surprising that these blessings can only be given in this temple dedicated to his memory.  After all with his unchecked lust and womanizing he gave the gift of children to countless women.

After the blessing a name is drawn, if it is a boys name the couple know what to expect in the fullness of time, likewise if it's a girls name.

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