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A woman adds her prayers to the growing mountain of more than a billion mani stones at Gyanamani Temple, in Yushu, an area rocked by earthquakes in 2010. This collection of hand-carved stones with Buddhist sutras and symbols is the largest in the world.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 24.4 Mpixels (69.8 MB uncompressed) - 6048x4032 pixels (20.2x13.4 in / 51.2x34.1 cm at 300 ppi)
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