Mongolia Monday- Then and Now

I’m not sure that this photo, taken by Roy Chapman Andrews, is from Gandan Monastery, but the prayer wheel is certainly close in size and design to the one I saw there.

Large prayer wheel
Large prayer wheel

Here is the one I saw.

Large prayer wheel at Gandan Monastery, Sept. 2006
Large prayer wheel at Gandan Monastery, Sept. 2006

People had written on it with a variety of pens, probably prayers.

Gandan Monastery prayer wheel, closeup
Gandan Monastery prayer wheel, close-up

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