A worshiper emerges from behind a large prayer wheel at a Buddhist temple.

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A worshiper emerges from behind a large prayer wheel at a Buddhist temple. Intricately carved prayer wheels are found throughout the Tibetan Buddhism temples of the Himalayas. Worshipers spin the wheels always in the spiritual - clockwise direction.

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Size: 6514px × 4347px
Location: Boundhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal
Photo credit: © Joe Loncraine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: blue, buddhism, dark, glinting, god, gold, holy, kathmandu, letters, man, nepal, prayer, religion, shadows, shine, shirt, spin, spun, sunlight, tibetan, wheel