Selvee Pandoriya

LA4003

The Quest for Mayel

East Himalayan Wet Temperate Broadleaved Forest, Eastern Middle Himalayas Quercus lamellosa Series Himalayan Moist Temperate, Subtropical Broadleaf Hill Forest, Subtropical Pine Forest, Alpine Moist Scrub, Alpine Moist Pasture 
(Khangchendzonga National Park) 

Understanding the complex topographic gradient of Khangchendzonga Landscape and its unique setting of flora and fauna assemblage. The journey is about the search of Mayel which is a mystical village described in famous legend “How the Lepchas got grains”. The aim is to identify and understand the differences in the landscape through the journey described in the story and depicting them as a story. One’s quest of Mayel is hidden in the valleys of Khangchendzonga landscape which is a collage of experiences. Mayel could be one’s own interpretation and imagination.

Source of the story : “Ch.5 How the Lepchas got grains.” Legends of the Lepchas, by Yishey Doma.

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Recording Landscapes | Eastern Himalayan Wet Temperate Broad-leaved Forest (Khangchendzonga National Park)

Locating the forest

Investigating forest and its systems

Correlating Habitats

Larger Vision | From Folktale to the Forest

From Folktale to the Forest | Understanding altitudinal zones

Journey through the forest | Scenes of forest from the story | Scene of forest in middle hills

Scenes of forest from the story | Scene of transition in forest

Scenes of forest from the story | Scene of forest in higher hills

Point of Pause | The Quest for Mayel