The Lingdok Gomchen, Gangtok, 1972.
The 87 year old Lingdok Gomchen is a celibate gelong and for the past 27 years has lived in a meditation cottage on a forested hilltop near Taktse where his companions are a fierecely devoted 'gelong' monk attendant, and a cat.For hours he sits in meditation, is totally deaf, and lives off donations from pilgrims.