Prayer flags line the ridge of a hill in the small Himalayan township of Pelling, India. A former Tibetan kingdom still practicing Tibet's Mahayana Bu

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Prayer flags line the ridge of a hill in the small Himalayan township of Pelling, India. A former Tibetan kingdom still practicing Tibet's Mahayana Buddhism, the Sikkimese line the tops of hills and mountains with prayer flags - strips of cotton with printed mantras that flap in the wind, sending eternal prayers to the spirits which dwell there.

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