Very old prayer wheels on the way to Shelkar monastery: Tibet

From the archive record

Shelkar Choede monastery was about 46Km away from the main of old Shelkar County. This old monastery had a history back in 14th century, around which the monastery was founded as a small temple with first initiation. It was built by a Southern lord Situ Rinchen, whose father was a kind of local lord, who fought with a local northern king, was defeated and conquered by northern lord. Situ Rinchen was enslaved by northern lord but later he fall in love with the daughter of northern king, so he became a part of them and own a small county called Tashi Dzong. Later on, he also founded the old Shelkar County. Source: Snowliontours This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia.