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Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Swayambhunath Prayer Wheels

Swayambhunath is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. Swayambhunath prayer wheels (called Mani wheels by the Tibetans) are devices for spreading spiritual blessings and well being. Rolls of thin paper, imprinted with many, many copies of the mantra (prayer) Om Mani Padme Hum, printed in an ancient Indian script or in Tibetan script, are wound around an axle in a protective container, and spun around and around. Typically, larger decorative versions of the syllables of the mantra are also carved on the outside cover of the wheel.

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