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A Tibetan at Lake Namtso carving Mani stone plates, rocks and/or pebbles, inscribed with the six syllabled mantra Creating and carving mani stones as devotional or intentional process art under the influence of Tibetan Buddhism. The mantra of Avalokiteshvara is also a common design on prayer wheels.
© Gunther Deichmann
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