<p>The repeated prayer "Om Mani Padme Hum" carved on red stone pieces and stacked to make a wall. Such devotion so far from any permanent settlement.
</p><p>Always pass such Buddhist monuments and cairns clockwise. 
</p><p>And yes, our guide is trekking with an umbrella. What? It's sunny out!  :)
</p><p>Mani stone wall "Mentang" <font size="+3">མན་ཐང༌ </font>
</p><p>Heap of stones with mani carvings/paintings <font size="+3">རྡོ་འབུམ</font> dombum = 
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hundred thousand stones
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