Gate Lodge, Barnes High School, Deolali
Maharashtra, India · 1952
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19.95500°N, 73.84900°E
Key Facts
- ◆ A grey stone building from the British Raj period, straddling the road with flanking towers — described as having 'an air of defiance'.
- ◆ Lama Govinda and Li Gotami both taught at Barnes High School, Deolali.
- ◆ Li Gotami was working here on fresco-copies of the paintings from Tsaparang, the ruined Tibetan Buddhist kingdom in western Tibet.
- ◆ Lama Govinda painted 'cosmic abstracts' in oil pastel here, working on what became *Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism*.
- ◆ Deolali cantonment is about 100 miles north-east of Bombay.
“Barnes High School, Deolali, seemed to be situated miles from the cantonment, while the Gate Lodge itself … straddled the road with what could only be described as an air of defiance. As Rashk and I drew up in its shadow … a door at the foot of one of its flanking towers flew open and Lama Govinda and Li Gotami issued forth to greet us.”
— Facing Mount Kanchenjunga
Source: Facing Mount Kanchenjunga
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