Supported by The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
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Supported by The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation

Nicholas Konstantinovich Roerich

Main name
Лахуль
Author name
Lahul Mountains
1930s
tempera on cardboard
29×44,5 cm
25770 КП
5521 II
Location of the works
The State Museum of Oriental Art

“We go to Lahul. The expedition continues. Everything seems to be as before. With this difference, that no mail, no information from the outside world has reach us there for long months. But here we are at the border of the last postal couriers, and the confusion of the world can weekly knock on our door. But behind the Rothang Pass, the dry Tibetan air was already felt. The same air, healing and inspiring. Attracting all seekers of spiritual ascent. But at night, on the clear sky with all its numerous heavenly bodies, the Milky Way, emerging and dying stars, there were strange lightning flames. It was not lightning, but the famous Himalayan Glow, which has already been mentioned many times in the literature.”

(N.K. Roerich. The Sword of Geser-Khan // The Flaming Stronghold.)