Close overhead view of many flat stones densely covered with carved and painted Tibetan-style mantra inscriptions in white and dark brown on reddish-brown rock. At the centre lies a bleached animal skull with curved horns that are also carved with script. No people are visible. A round carved stone medallion sits at the lower right edge. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close overhead view of many flat stones densely covered with carved and painted Tibetan-style mantra inscriptions in white and dark brown on reddish-brown rock. At the centre lies a bleached animal skull with curved horns that are also carved with script. No people are visible. A round carved stone medallion sits at the lower right edge.

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A bovine skull with long curved horns rests among many flat reddish-brown stones painted with white symbols and script. The skull's forehead bears white and red painted characters, and the stones surround it in a dense pile on dry ground. No people are visible; the scene is a close outdoor still life of mantra-inscribed stones and an animal skull.

A dense field of flat, reddish-brown stones covered in carved and painted white and brown mantra-style script and symbols, scattered across the ground in bright sunlight. A bleached animal skull with curved horns rests at the centre, its horns also inscribed with script. A round dark stone with a radiating carved emblem sits at the lower right. No people are visible in the scene.

A close photograph of many flat, rounded stones painted with cream-coloured mantra-style script and symbols, arranged densely. At the centre sits a bleached animal skull with long curved horns, its forehead carved or inscribed with lettering. No people are visible; the scene is a landscape of inscribed stones and a skull in natural light.

Close-up photograph of many smooth stones lying densely together, most painted or carved with white and red-brown symbols and script. Centre of the frame is a bleached animal skull with long curved horns, its brow inscribed with white characters. No people are visible. Outdoor, sunlit stones form a scenic field of inscribed rocks.

A photograph of a dense field of flat, weathered stones, many painted or carved with white and dark Tibetan-style mantra script and symbols. In the centre sits a bleached animal skull with curved horns, the horns also inscribed with script, resting among the stones. No people are visible.

August 07 2012

August 07 2012

August 07 2012

A close-up photograph of a dense pile of reddish-brown stones, many carved or painted with white and cream mantra-style script and symbols, covering the entire frame. No people are visible; the scene is an outdoor arrangement of inscribed stones, consistent with a sacred stone-carving site.

Scenic landscape photograph of a stone-paved ridge near a high plateau lake shore, covered with carved mani stones bearing Tibetan script and many weathered animal horns, some with white cloth or paper tied to them. Behind them stretch a flat golden grassland and distant brown mountain ranges under a sky with large white cumulus clouds. No people are visible, and no a person appearance is present, only the sacred stones and horns on the open terrain.

A photograph of a stone wall-top on a high plateau, covered with flat grey slate slabs carved with text, interspersed with weathered yak or animal horns, some with white cloth or bone pieces attached. Behind it stretch a wide golden-brown grassland, distant brown mountain ranges and a pale lake under a sky with large cumulus clouds. No people are visible.