These are always placed at the most windy places to carry the prayers on the prayer flags furthest.
Posts Tagged ‘tibetan’
Chortens
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged buddhist, chorten, tibetan on 11 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mani Stones
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged buddhist, mani stones, tibetan on 11 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
They have the Buddhist prayer “Om Mani Padme Hum” written in Tibetan script.
Chortens
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged buddhist, tibetan on 10 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These where part of the monastery complex.
Thiksey Monastary
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged buddhist, monastary, tibetan on 10 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a monastery about 15km from Leh town (local buses go there frequently).
Monastary
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged buddhist, tibetan on 1 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not sure what this is called, It was on the way to Pangong Tao (Lake) where I headed for a night camping with the South African girls. This turned out surprisingly well as it was taken from a moving jeep from the middle seat at the back.
Chorten Arch
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged buddhist, tibetan on 1 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are a few of these scattered around the old city in Leh. Most westerners have to stoop a bit to go under them as they are about 5′6″high roughly.
Local man with Prayer wheels
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged buddhist, tibetan on 1 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These prayer wheels are found all over Leh.
Tibetan wall painting
Posted in India, photography, travel, tagged buddhist, tibetan on 1 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is just a detail from one of the wall paintings, I have no idea what the text means.
Prayer Wheels
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged buddhist, prayer wheel, tibetan on 14 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These are of the set of prayer wheels found in the centre of Mcloed Ganj.
Stupa
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged buddhist, tibetan on 14 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a Buddhist Stupa found on the walking path around the temple. The path, called the chora (im not sure how its spelt) is designed for the monks and lay people do a walking meditation around.
Prayer Flags
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged buddhist, prayer flags, tibetan on 14 June, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These are some prayer flags near the temple in Mcloed Ganj. The idea behind them is that the wind carries the prayers away, so they are often placed in very windy places like mountaintops.
Mural from Tibetan Temple
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged buddhist, mural, tibetan on 25 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the town of Bodh Gaya there are Buddhist temples from most of the other Buddhist countrys. This is a mural from just inside one of the Tibetan temples.
Monk walking in meditation
Posted in India, photography, photos, travel, tagged buddhist, monk, tibetan on 25 April, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There is a circuit around the Mahabodi temple (in Bodh Gaya, Bihar) were monks, nuns and other people walk around in a walking meditation. They often carry and manipulate a mala, which is a string of beads kinda like a rosary but with 108 beads and a separate joining bead, the beads can be [...]
