The Potala Palace was founded about 1645 A.D. and was the former summer palace of the Dalai Lama and is a part of the Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa - a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lha...

The Potala Palace was founded about 1645 A.D. and was the former summer palace of the Dalai Lama and is a part of the Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa - a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lha...

China, Tibet, Lamjura Pass, Prayer flags flying in mountain landscape.

Italy, Trentino Alto Adige, Bolzano, Firmian, Messner Mountain Museum, prayer flags & mountains Gantkofel.

Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, Bodhnath, Detail of Bodhnath stupa hung with prayer flags and showing the painted eyes of Buddha.

India, Ladakh, Religion, Close view of piled Buddhist prayer flags.

India, Ladakh, Leh , Buddhist prayer flags on hill above valley and town.

India, Ladakh, Leh, Close view of Buddhist prayer flags.

Nepal, Kathmandu, Bodhnath Stupa, Detail of gilded spire hung with prayer flags and with painted eyes at its base.

India, Bihar, Bodhgaya, An statue of the Buddha set in a stupa with prayer flags at the base at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya.

Nepal, Kathmandu, Close-up of pair of eyes and 'nose' on one of the faces of the Great Stupa's steeple; the nose is, in fact, the Nepali number 1.

Nepal, Kathmandu, Top of the Great Stupa, glowing at dusk, showing the mass of multi-coloured Buddhist prayer flags hanging from it and two pairs of its eyes.