At Manai piles, pieces of stone are placed on top of the pass and people go around the wall in a clockwise direction turning the prayer wheels. Centuries of people have placed such stones at the pass shown in the photograph.
Slide of a Manai pile at monastery, Reting
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Black and white print of people-filled boat on river (view from another boat)
object | ARC/GUP/006/097/002
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Color 35mm positive film of people (front view) rowing in canoe traveling through marshy water lined with plants
object | ARC/GUP/005/139
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Letter to G. D. Ratcliffe to W. Timothy Donovan solicitor
object | ARC/RAT/015
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Alterations to Caretaker's Flat
object | ARC/HMG/BD/001/001/003/015
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