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Prayer Stones

The mantra "om mani padme hum" is carved with impressive precision, into these pink round stones by a man who is sits, crouched all day long with hammer and chisle in hand. For a small fee you can choose a stone of your own to transform into prayers. Entire walls are constructed of these prayer stones. Some of these walls are over a kilometre long. Believers travel many many kilometres to reach these sacred walls in order to contribute a stone and add their prayers to the wall.

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Uploaded on October 14, 2006
Taken on August 9, 2006