The Himalayas come to Delhi

Journeying Across the Himalayas’ second edition is food for thought on conservation as well as culture

- MITALI

A MANDALA IN progress greets you as you enter the venue for Journeying Across the Himalayas, a week-long multidisciplinary festival intended to showcase cultural and ecological practices from the Himalayan region, in Delhi.

Monks from Namgyal Monastery in Dharamsala work on the tedious diagram, carefully laying sand on the fine lines, only to destroy it all as soon as it is completed. The message is of the transience of life, its impermanence and the futility of attachment.

A multisensory installation inspired by Meghalaya's living root bridges by designer Sumant Jayakrishnan, titled Bridging Spaces; Living Roots!, is simply breathtaking. Meghalaya comes alive in the two boats, a huge bridge and an ambience created to depict the region’s culture and craft.