a row of tibetan buddhist chortens, seen here in a nepalese village, with kalachakra in main stupa

chorten stupa mount tibetan tibet nepal nepalese symbol faith religion religious symbolic foundation element earth water air ether art artwork architecture structure asia buddha buddhism buddhist mahayana iconography tradition culture devotional practice circumambulation kalachakra tantra tantric powerful wheel chakra protection thakegyang thakeygyang village amitabha life