A photograph of a large field of flat stones carved with Tibetan mantra inscriptions, in brown, cream and red tones, set on a high open plateau. Among the stones stand two small white stupas or shrines, and colourful prayer flags in yellow, green, blue and red stream across the scene under a cloudy blue sky. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

Nithyanandapedia

A photograph of a large field of flat stones carved with Tibetan mantra inscriptions, in brown, cream and red tones, set on a high open plateau. Among the stones stand two small white stupas or shrines, and colourful prayer flags in yellow, green, blue and red stream across the scene under a cloudy blue sky. No people are visible.

More like this

Open the gallery

A photograph of a rocky hillside covered with many flat stones carved and painted with Tibetan mani script in white and orange tones, with stone shrines or chortens in white in the background. Colourful prayer flags in yellow, green, red and blue stretch across a bright blue sky with white clouds over a high open landscape. No people are visible.

Scenic photo of a high-altitude Tibetan Buddhist site under a bright blue sky with cumulus clouds. Two small whitewashed stupa-like shrines with red-brown tiered tops stand behind a large heap of carved stone mani stones, many painted with dark and cream script and symbols. Several upright stones with carved mantra inscriptions stand among them, and multicoloured prayer flags stream from a line overhead and at right. No people are visible; the landscape stretches to distant brown hills.

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-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.

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

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 rugged brown rock cliff rises behind a stony hillside with many strings of colourful prayer flags stretched diagonally across the rock face. In the lower left, a figure in orange robes walks along a rocky path among boulders and scrubby green plants. To the right stands a small stone building with dark doorways and openings, beside a low stone wall. Clouds drift across a blue sky above the high mountain terrain.

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.

August 07 2012

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 rugged, layered reddish-brown rock cliff rises against a partly cloudy sky on a barren, stony hillside. Strands of multicoloured prayer flags in red, yellow, blue and white, along with red cloth streamers, are strung across the rock face and hang down over its base. No people are visible. The scene is an open high-altitude landscape with sparse scrub on the ground.