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Vivekavana (Solitude Grove), Bukit Mertajam, Penang

Name Rock

Name Rock

Approach Road

Approach Road

Nearing the Entrance

Nearing the Entrance

The Entrance

The Entrance

Buddha Head in Recess

Buddha Head in Recess

Sima Wall

Sima Wall

Sima

Sima

Maitri

Maitri

Approach to Cetiya

Approach to Cetiya

Below the Cetiya

Below the Cetiya

Flower Garden by the Cetiya

Flower Garden by the Cetiya

Cetiya from Below

Cetiya from Below

Cetiya from Above

Cetiya from Above

Cetiya Spire

Cetiya Spire

Offering to the Cetiya

Offering to the Cetiya

Model Cetiyas

Model Cetiyas

Pathway

Pathway

Kuti and Meditation Hall

Kuti and Meditation Hall

Lay Kutis

Lay Kutis

 

Far Shrine Hall

Far Shrine Hall

Mosquito Net

Mosquito Net

View of Penang Island

View of Penang Island

Forest Glowing in Afternoon Light

Forest Glowing in Afternoon Light

 

Kuti Glowing in Afternoon Light

Kuti Glowing in Afternoon Light

Rainbow

Rainbow

Tree in Blue Sky

Tree in Blue Sky

Moon in Blue Sky

Moon in Blue Sky

Penang Island at Dusk

Penang Island at Dusk

Bujang Valley and Mt. Jerai at Dusk

Bujang Valley and Mt. Jerai at Dusk

Penang Island Glowing at Dusk

Penang Island Glowing at Dusk

Stormy Sunset

Stormy Sunset

Sun Sets behind Tree

Glorious Sunset

Sun Sets behind Tree

Sun Sets behind Tree

Sun Sets over Penang Island

Sun Sets over Penang Island

Full Moon Setting in the Morning

Full Moon Setting in the Morning

 

Panoramic (10x1) photograph of Penang Island, scanned from one end to the other.
This is more or less the view I see every morning!
The music is by Project Divinity (Matti Paalanen)
generously released under a Creative Commons licence
see http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=48148

 


Panoramic View (4:1) from Vivekavana in the Morning
showing Penang Island on the left and Mount Jerai on the right

 


Panoramic View (4:1) of the Buildings at Vivekavana
with the Chetiya on the left and the Sima on the top right

 


Panoramic View (4:1) of the Sky during Sunset