Prayer Wheels / 11:44 / 16.08.27 / Temple of Boddhisattva Avalokiteśvara / Gandantegchinlen Monastery / These large metal prayer wheels are found in a large square around the copper and gold leaf statue of Avalokiteśvara at Gandan Monastery: the largest indoor statue in the world / It is of great significance to the Mongolian people, being rebuilt with their donations in 1996 after being dismantled in the Soviet era / This was my first opportunity to both spin and record Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheels, designed to accumulate good karma and purify negative karma / The image was taken at Choijin Lama Monastery, a museum since 1938, nestled up to more modern office blocks / Before 1778, Ulaanbaatar had changed location 28 times since its founding as a nomadic monastery town in 1639 / As the city grew, it moved less and less / The population in 2016 approaches 1.4 million: half of all people in Mongolia / It has been given many names in its history, the official name before 1911 being Ikh Khüree ("Great Settlement”) //

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