Lighting Up Phugtal Monastery

The monks fiddle with a switch to see how this bulb functions.

Team members lift the head electrician onto a sack of barley to help him reach the socket.

Hose checks the position and placement of the panel.

After spending hours fixing bulbs, batteries and the rids, mixing the cement, and screwing the frames, it is finally time to fix the solar panels.

The team sits down to attach wires to bulb sockets.

Hose and Kate are surrounded by curious little monks as they meticulously fix the wires on the bulb sockets.

Jaideep and Aditya came out of a tiny cave home after fixing a few bulbs onto the ceiling. The dust inside the ceiling smudged their faces each time they hit the socket with a hammer.

The monks and the team were all super excited about the installation. Here, a lama makes an attempt at wiring the bulb socket to the ceiling in the lobby.

An old monk observes the head electrician as he drops a line from the panel to the batteries.