News & Open Times
We post most online orders within 48 hours. Our Sheffield shop is open Fridays and Saturdays 11.00-4.30 & Market Day Sun 21 April.
See our latest blog on the beautiful cows of Rajasthan. Our new book Images from the Silk Road Gallery now available with photos from India & Tibet.
New Indian Mirrors from Jodhpur now in store. SALE: We need more space in our store so check out our Sale items.
Blog Posts
The Warli Paintings of Central India →
In Warli art fish, birds & people are all painted the same size which suggests that all life is equally important.
The Painted Cows of Rajasthan →
I've been going to India for over 45 years but it took me until last October to notice the beauty of Rajasthan's cows so delightfully captured in these paintings.
Photographs from India & Tibet at the Chapel Gallery →
There are two main stories to my photographs: Buddhist monasteries & people of Ladakh, Tibet & Nepal and the Stepwells of Rajasthan & Gujarat.
Cashmere Scarves from Nepal →
The goats produce a double fleece of the soft underbelly Cashmere wool that is very light, soft & insulating and makes such wonderful scarves.
Travel Blogs from India and the Himalaya
An old Buddhist Shrine returns to the Indus River in Ladakh →
The old stupas and paintings were taken apart by a lama, broken up and cast into the river Indus which flows less than half a mile away.
Padmasambhava in Zanskar →
Sani houses the oldest stupa in Ladakh and Zanskar and just outside the monastery is a huge Padmasambhava statue in the middle of a lake.
The Hindu Sculpture Makers of Calcutta →
The village of Kumortuli near the famous Howrah bridge in Kolkata is a warren of workshops making clay sculptures from the river mud.
Journeys in Ladakh - Auspicious Days at Photoksar →
September 2022, Celebrations at Photoksar village when the restored monastery was inaugurated.
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We are closed until 11am Saturday 30 Dec but we are happy to open by appointment - call Peter on 07866 434094.
In 2024 we are open Fridays & Saturdays 11-4.30