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Giant prayer wheel in Shangri-la

Photo taken on March 10, 2014 shows a giant gilt-bronze prayer wheel in Shangri-la

County of Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The prayer wheel is 21 meters in height and weighs 60 tonnes. Like many prayer wheels, it contains the traditional six-syllable Om Mani Padme Hum mantra in the inside. Because of its size and weight, the prayer wheel is to be spun by multiple people. [Xinhua]

Tourists spin a giant gilt-bronze prayer wheel in Shangri-la County of Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 10, 2014. The prayer wheel is 21 meters in height and weighs 60 tonnes. Like many prayer wheels, it contains the traditional six-syllable Om Mani Padme Hum mantra in the inside. Because of its size and weight, the prayer wheel is to be spun by multiple people. [Xinhua]

Tourists spin a giant gilt-bronze prayer wheel in Shangri-la County of Deqen Tibetan

Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 10, 2014. The prayer wheel is 21 meters in height and weighs 60 tonnes. Like many prayer wheels, it contains the traditional six-syllable Om Mani Padme Hum mantra in the inside. Because of its size

and weight, the prayer wheel is to be spun by multiple people. [Xinhua]

Photo taken on March 10, 2014 shows the low-relief on a giant gilt-bronze prayer wheel in Shangri-la County of Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The prayer wheel is 21 meters in height and weighs 60 tonnes. Like many prayer wheels, it contains the traditional six-syllable Om Mani Padme Hum mantra in the inside. Because of its size and weight, the prayer wheel is to be spun by multiple people. [Xinhua]--From Xinhua

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