Night Market Inside Thimphu Prayer Hall

Rows of stalls filled with textiles and ceramics line the stone floor of a prayer hall near Thimphu. Warm white string lights hang from high wooden beams, casting pools of yellow illumination across the goods. Heavy overcast skies press against tall arched windows, turning the exterior view into a flat sheet of gray blue. Foreground bokeh blurs hanging prayer flags into soft circles of red and orange. Wooden tables display stacked ceramics beside bundles of woven fabric. The light reflects off the polished floorboards, highlighting the grain of the ancient timber beams overhead. Shadows fall across the space between the market stalls and the stone walls.