A row of colorful identical painted prayer wheels with gold lettering and carved wooden handles lined up along a white plaster wall in Thimphu, Bhutan

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Prayer wheels can be found everywhere around Bhutan - at temples and monasteries, along city streets, even in rural locations where they are turned by water flowing in glacier-fed mountain streams. Each spin of the wheel sends another round of prayers toward heaven.

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Size: 5540px × 3772px
Location: Thimphu, Bhutan
Photo credit: © John Cumbow / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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