Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

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Photographs in 1999-digital

A group of prayer stone carvers. A monk carving a prayer stone. A Tibetan girl carving a prayer stone. A Tibetan girl carving a prayer stone. Tibetan children working on carving prayer stones. A painted carving of Green Tara. Close-up of a painted carving of the four-faced manifestation of the Buddha Vairocana. View of the right end of the wall of carvings.
Pilgrims at the wall of carvings. Close-up of carvings of buddhas in the rock face. Close-up of carvings of buddhas in the rock face. Close-up of carvings of buddhas in the rock face. Pilgrims prostrating and spinning prayer wheels at the rock wall. Pilgrims prostrating and spinning prayer wheels at the rock wall. Prayer flags strung along the ridge of the hill. Pilgrims prostrating.
Pilgrims prostrating to the wall of carvings. Two women by the door to the chapel. A nomad woman entering a chapel. Pilgrims spinning prayer wheels and prostrating in front of the wall of carvings. Pilgrims prostrating. Pilgrims prostrating in front of the wall of carvings. Pilgrims spinning prayer wheels and praying in front of the wall of carvings. Pilgrims spinning prayer wheels and praying in front of the wall of carvings.
Pilgrims spinning prayer wheels and praying in front of the wall of carvings. Close up of painted carvings. A pilgrim spinning his own prayer wheel as he circumambulates the rock wall's own set of prayer wheels. A blue buddha, one of the hill's largest carvings. Pilgrims prostrating at the wall. Pilgrims praying. The ubiquitous prayer �Om mani padme hung� carved and painted in the rock. Close-up of buddhas, saints, and prayers carved and painted into a rock face.

1999-digital in Topic


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