24”x18”, pen and water color on canvas, 2019

When thinking of religion in India, Hinduism readily comes to mind. However, Tibetan Buddhism is also thriving, especially in the mountains of northern India close to the Tibetan border. Many monasteries were established in remote Jammu and Kashmir (particularly the Ladakh and Zanskar regions), Himachal Pradesh, and Sikkim after the Indian government allowed Tibetan Buddhist exiles to settle in India in 1959.