BenA beautiful prayer wheel (or Mani wheel) in the Tengboche monastery, Nepal. <br> <br> Adorned with written mantras, tradition hold that the act of spinning these wheels carries similar merit to verbally reciting the prayers. <br> <br> Due to many years of daily use (and exposure to the mountain elements) they often develop an incredible patina like this one has.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/prayerwheel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prayerwheel</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nepal?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nepal</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/tibet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tibet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/travel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nikon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nikon</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/color?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#color</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/tengboche?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tengboche</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/everest?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#everest</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/himalayas?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#himalayas</a>