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Mt Kangchenjunga (8,586m ASL), the third highest mountain peak in the world and its sister peaks, as seen from Darjeeling.

Locals believe the peak to be an abode of Gods and climbers stop 2 meters short of the true summit as a sign of respect to the local beliefs. The area around the mountain is also said to be the home of a human like creature called Dzonga, or more popularly, The Yeti.

The peak is a prominent sight all around North Bengal and West Sikkim, towering above surrounding mountains. Can't wait to see it again and hopefully will capture the sight in more detail.

The world is a weird place today. People are fighting over their depictions of God, not knowing all their depictions are false, yet all their depictions contain the truth...

The Vedas, Guru Granth Sahib, Quran and Bible weren't written as absolute truths, but as poetic self-help guides to the real TRUTH, i.e. an accurate understanding of REALITY.

For example (and this isn't meant to hurt anybody's feelings), if you climb up Mt Kailash, you won't actually find Shiva sitting there. Shiva, the God of destruction, isn't a humanoid, but a symbolic representation of the destructive aspect of nature/reality. If you climb up Kailash (or any tall mountain) without adequate preparation, you will perish, and hence will have been punished by nature for your arrogance, symbolically Shiva's dance. If you understand Shiva's character in the right frame of mind, you understand the destructive aspect of nature and learn to respect it.

My religion isn't Sikhism, Islam, Buddhism or Hinduism. All religions are false, as they are abstractions of an incredibly complex universe. Yet all religions contain a path to the truth, as they were initiated by wise folks. My religion is the study of reality, as it is, as it should be. We should be united by our differences, not divided.

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Picture taken at Sheagoru, with Hampta Pass on the far right.