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Beautiful clear blue sky of Bhutan, where there is thousand of Darchog prayer flags hosted on the mountains. A clean air of Bhutan flutter the prayer flags and prayer flag emits positive spiritual vibrations and the prayers are carried by the wind like silent prayers. Prayer flags have been part of Bhutanese people’s tradition, symbolising the reality and pervasiveness of their belief. In Bhutan, prayer flags are hoisted for happiness, long life, prosperity, luck and to offer karmic merit to all sentient beings. After one dies, the benefits of offering prayer flags is believed to guide the soul of the dead away from the nether world and to prevent it from being reborn in the three lower realms of the six life cycles. A prayer flag is a colourful rectangular cloth often found strung along m
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