Buddhist monk in Lepcha village, in Sikkim

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A buddhist monk wores his hand made sun cap and sits near by small temple as he continue with his chanting. About 45,000 Lepchas live in the high mountain valleys of Sikkim, a north Indian state, particularly in an area called the Dzongu Lepcha Reserve, near Mount Kanchenjunga, one of the highest peaks of the Himalayas. Some Lepchas also live in Kalimpong, in India’s West Bengal state, plus in neighboring Bhutan and Nepal. source: uab This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on