The largest prayer wheel, a photo from Yunnan, South

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Claimed to be the largest prayer wheel in the World. It is in Zhongdian (also known as Shangrila). It takes a lot of effort to turn it, but once moving momentum helps...

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vjmite (6586) 2021-11-19 3:26

Hi Neil,

An impressive prayer wheel with lots of ornamentation. It looks like a recent construction, but I might be wrong. Zooming in closely like this does emphasize its size, and including the man in the foreground gives a scale as well as a splash of bright red.

Vince

BennyV (34748) 2022-01-20 12:48

Great shot of this enormous prayer wheel, Neil. Lovely view onto the rapidly developping city in the background too.

Interestingly we visited another giant prayer wheel in Guide (Qinghai) that also claims to be the largest in the world. Not that it's very important. Prayer wheels are not supposed to be a competition.

Benny