![[Altar with butter lamps, butter paste offerings (torma) and images to be burned at the end of New Year's ceremony in the palace monastery, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDgvYWx0YXItd2l0aC1idXR0ZXItbGFtcHMtYnV0dGVyLXBhc3RlLW9mZmVyaW5ncy10b3JtYS1hbmQtaW1hZ2VzLXRvLWJlLWJ1cm5lZC03Mjc2NzUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Altar with butter lamps, butter paste offerings (torma) and images to be burned at the end of New Year's ceremony in the palace monastery, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
[Altar with butter lamps, butter paste offerings (torma) and images to...
Category label: "Prior to ceremony, prayers in monastery." Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 004 (color refer... More
![[Black Hat Lama and men with offerings at New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvYmxhY2staGF0LWxhbWEtYW5kLW1lbi13aXRoLW9mZmVyaW5ncy1hdC1uZXcteWVhcnMtY2VyZW1vbnktc2lra2ltLTk3ODcyOC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[Black Hat Lama and men with offerings at New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]")
[Black Hat Lama and men with offerings at New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]
Related photograph published in : Sikkim; the hidden kingdom / text and photos. by Alice Kandell. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1971, p. 35. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photograph... More
![[Masked dancer during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvbWFza2VkLWRhbmNlci1kdXJpbmctbmV3LXllYXJzLWNlcmVtb255LWdhbmd0b2stc2lra2ltLTM4ZjFmNy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/57/webp "[Masked dancer during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
[Masked dancer during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]
"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More
![[Lamas blowing horns at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvbGFtYXMtYmxvd2luZy1ob3Jucy1hdC1uZXcteWVhcnMtY2VyZW1vbnktZ2FuZ3Rvay1zaWtraW0tYzk0YWEwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/57/webp "[Lamas blowing horns at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
[Lamas blowing horns at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]
"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More
![[Performers at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMzAvcGVyZm9ybWVycy1hdC1uZXcteWVhcnMtY2VyZW1vbnktZ2FuZ3Rvay1zaWtraW0tMWJkMGJmLTEwMjQuanBn/40/27/webp "[Performers at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
[Performers at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]
"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More
![[Warrior dancing at New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMzAvd2Fycmlvci1kYW5jaW5nLWF0LW5ldy15ZWFycy1jZXJlbW9ueS1zaWtraW0tNmIyNmU3LTEwMjQuanBn/40/58/webp "[Warrior dancing at New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]")
[Warrior dancing at New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]
Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 014 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).
![[Masked Black Hat dancer at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvbWFza2VkLWJsYWNrLWhhdC1kYW5jZXItYXQtbmV3LXllYXJzLWNlcmVtb255LWdhbmd0b2stc2lra2ltLWViYzZmYy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/57/webp "[Masked Black Hat dancer at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
[Masked Black Hat dancer at New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]
"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More
![[Lama ringing bell to begin New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvbGFtYS1yaW5naW5nLWJlbGwtdG8tYmVnaW4tbmV3LXllYXJzLWNlcmVtb255LWdhbmd0b2stc2lra2ltLTcwMGM1Zi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/59/webp "[Lama ringing bell to begin New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
[Lama ringing bell to begin New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]
Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; text by Charlotte Y. Salisbury. New York : Norton, 1971, p. 82-83, where image appears with caption "Lamas chant praye... More
![[Black Hat Lama preparing for religious sacrifice at the New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjcvYmxhY2staGF0LWxhbWEtcHJlcGFyaW5nLWZvci1yZWxpZ2lvdXMtc2FjcmlmaWNlLWF0LXRoZS1uZXcteWVhcnMtY2VyZW1vbnktZjMzMjljLTEwMjQuanBn/40/57/webp "[Black Hat Lama preparing for religious sacrifice at the New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]")
[Black Hat Lama preparing for religious sacrifice at the New Year's ce...
"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More
![[Mahakala masked dancers entering the New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvbWFoYWthbGEtbWFza2VkLWRhbmNlcnMtZW50ZXJpbmctdGhlLW5ldy15ZWFycy1jZXJlbW9ueS1nYW5ndG9rLXNpa2tpbS1iOWJhOTYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[Mahakala masked dancers entering the New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
[Mahakala masked dancers entering the New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Si...
"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; te... More
![[Palace guards leading the procession of men with horses? at the New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDQvcGFsYWNlLWd1YXJkcy1sZWFkaW5nLXRoZS1wcm9jZXNzaW9uLW9mLW1lbi13aXRoLWhvcnNlcy1hdC10aGUtbmV3LXllYXJzLWNlcmVtb255LTg5MzFkNy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "[Palace guards leading the procession of men with horses? at the New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
[Palace guards leading the procession of men with horses? at the New Y...
Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 029 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).
![[Head Black Hat Lama chanting during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvaGVhZC1ibGFjay1oYXQtbGFtYS1jaGFudGluZy1kdXJpbmctbmV3LXllYXJzLWNlcmVtb255LWdhbmd0b2stc2lra2ltLWNhZjUzYS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/57/webp "[Head Black Hat Lama chanting during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
[Head Black Hat Lama chanting during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sik...
"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Related photograph published in: Mountaintop kingdom: Sikkim / photos by Alice S. Kandell; te... More
![[Ceremonial dancers waiting for lamas to come out of the temple for New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTMvY2VyZW1vbmlhbC1kYW5jZXJzLXdhaXRpbmctZm9yLWxhbWFzLXRvLWNvbWUtb3V0LW9mLXRoZS10ZW1wbGUtZm9yLW5ldy15ZWFycy05ZDMyODItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "[Ceremonial dancers waiting for lamas to come out of the temple for New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
[Ceremonial dancers waiting for lamas to come out of the temple for Ne...
"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More
![[Masked ceremonial dancers entering the stage at the New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvbWFza2VkLWNlcmVtb25pYWwtZGFuY2Vycy1lbnRlcmluZy10aGUtc3RhZ2UtYXQtdGhlLW5ldy15ZWFycy1jZXJlbW9ueS1zaWtraW0tZjE2MGUxLTEwMjQuanBn/40/27/webp "[Masked ceremonial dancers entering the stage at the New Year's ceremony, Sikkim]")
[Masked ceremonial dancers entering the stage at the New Year's ceremo...
Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). Also represented in LOT 14034-3, pg. no. 025 (color reference copy). Gift; Dr. Alice S. Kandell; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:106).
![[Lamas playing cymbals during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTYvbGFtYXMtcGxheWluZy1jeW1iYWxzLWR1cmluZy1uZXcteWVhcnMtY2VyZW1vbnktZ2FuZ3Rvay1zaWtraW0tYTA0YmI3LTEwMjQuanBn/40/27/webp "[Lamas playing cymbals during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]")
[Lamas playing cymbals during New Year's ceremony, Gangtok, Sikkim]
"A Tour of the Lost Kingdom: Sikkim" by Dr. Alice S. Kandell and Hope Cooke, Library of Congress, March 13, 2010. Forms part of: Dr. Alice S. Kandell Collection of Sikkim Photographs (Library of Congress). ... More