Symbols of Buddhism in Langtang Valley, Nepal
on Adventures in Nepal (Nepal), 23/Apr/2010 05:42, 34 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();From top to bottom:1) Rocks piled carefully one upon the other.2) Writing in a stone: each stone in sometimes small, sometimes long walls had intricately carved writings. Om Mane Padme Hum was most common. Sometimes there were circles that are representative of the life cycle. Sometimes a buddha figure. One walks around these walls clockwise - to the left as you walking up or down the mountain.3) Large view of wall with stones4) Prayer wheel within a small water hut that generates a small amount of electricity, I believe.5) Water hut6) Burial ground of the people from this region. People are buried beneath piles of stones.7) Prayer flag pole. Prayer flags were everywhere. And often on hillsides that were far above any place I could imagine getting to myself.8) Chorten above the monastery. We only saw two monasteries on our trip, but many chortens - a place for prayer and reflection.9) Chorten along the way - with mountains in the background.10) Tantric buddhism. Found in a beautiful stone altar to the side of the path on our first day of trekking just above the river.