Prayer Flags Tapestries

Prayer flags are everywhere in Tibet. The colors represent the five elements of the sky (or space), wind, fire, water, and earth. When the flags flap in the wind, they radiate the blessings written upon them out into the world.

Prayer flags are everywhere in Tibet. The colors represent the five elements of the sky (or space), wind, fire, water, and earth. When the flags flap in the wind, they radiate the blessings written upon them out into the world. A profile of Mount Amnye Machen looms in the background.

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Om Mani Padme Hum Tibetan Buddhist Mantra of Compassion, mantra of bodhisattva Chenrezig, with prayer flags and wheels

We spent many hours on the road in Amdo heading from Xining in the northeast to Mount Amnye Machen in the south. It was an uncomfortable, bumpy journey, but the breathtaking scenery made you forget about leg cramps. As the mountains rolled by the window, occasionally a stupa would punctuate the landscape. These structures contain sacred Buddhist relics and symbolize the Buddha’s presence in the world.

We spent many hours on the road in Amdo heading from Xining in the northeast to Mount Amnye Machen in the south. It was an uncomfortable, bumpy journey, but the breathtaking scenery made you forget about leg cramps. As the mountains rolled by the window, occasionally a stupa would punctuate the landscape. These structures contain sacred Buddhist relics and symbolize the Buddha’s presence in the world.

We spent many hours on the road in Amdo heading from Xining in the northeast to Mount Amnye Machen in the south. It was an uncomfortable, bumpy journey, but the breathtaking scenery made you forget about leg cramps. As the mountains rolled by the window, occasionally a stupa would punctuate the landscape. These structures contain sacred Buddhist relics and symbolize the Buddha’s presence in the world.

mountains and prayer flags of nepal

Colorful prayer flags in the Himalaya mountains, Nepal. Buddhist people believe the prayers on the flags will be taken by the wind. Vintage photo, grunge.

There are some who love the Disco Yeti. And others who don't.

Vibrant blue ski over the silo, with prayer flags waving over the kitchen garden.

Buddhist prayer flags along the roadside at an auspicious site in Bhutan, Eastern Himalayas. Asia. Gangkhar Puensum (7570 m) is the highest mountain in Bhutan and the highest unclimbed mountain in the world is in the background. Photographed from the Dochula Pass (3118 metres), Eastern Himalayas, Bhutan. Asia. Canon 450D, zoom lens.

Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu

Buddhist prayer flags along the road from Lobesa to Paro, marking an auspicious place. Prayer flags are often placed at a pass in the mountains or at other significant natural sites. Bhutan, Eastern Himalayas, Asia.

Potala Palace and prayer flags from a roof in downtown Lhasa

Potala Palace and prayer flags from a roof in downtown Lhasa

Prayer flags across the skyline of Lhasa, Tibet

Colorful prayer flags in the Himalaya mountains, Nepal. Buddhist people believe the prayers on the flags will be taken by the wind.

Buddhist prayer flags at the Chortens at the Druk Wangyal Khangzang, marking this auspicious place. Prayer flags are often placed at a pass in the mountains or at other significant sites. These 108 Namgyal Khangzang Chortens at Dochula Pass, (3118 metres), Eastern Himalayas, Bhutan are are a memorial to the soldiers killed in the Indian/Bhutanese war centered in Assam in the late 1990's, and a monument to the King. Bhutan, Eastern Himalayas, Asia. (Featured in Absolute Clarity.)

Tibetan prayer flag is often found along trails and peaks high in the Himalayas. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes.Traditional prayer flags include woodblock-printed text and images.

A vintage style poster for the roof of the world - Nepal

This is a vector art of the Himalayas, a mountain range in Asia. The design also features colorful prayer flags.

Everest's Nepal Base Camp on the Khumbu Glacier

Buddhist prayer flags along the roadside at an auspicious site in Bhutan, Eastern Himalayas. Asia. Canon 450D, zoom lens.

Buddhist prayer flags along the roadside at an auspicious site in Bhutan, Eastern Himalayas. Asia. Canon 450D, zoom lens. (Featured in Cover Shots.)

Vintage poster of Nepal

The view to Everest from the Three Passes Trek in a retro style poster

A stupa on the Everest Base camp trek in the Nepal Himalayas

Beatrice the Circus Elephant with her prayer flags and blue butterflies surrounding and protecting her by Jennifer Geiger

Boudhanath Buddhist Stupa, one of the largest in the world, in Katmandu, Nepal

A Buddhist monk making a kora at Bhoudhanath

Kathmandu and the Nepal Himalayas

Ama Dablam, Nepal, one of the world's finest mountains

A photo I took from atop my homestay when I volunteered in Northern India.

Tibetan Prayer Flags Hanging on a Wall in Lhasa

The prayer flags that fly from the Stupa at Bodnath Image includes the words : Kathmandu Nepal