Biru’s Skull Wall

Making up the southern part of a half-open courtyard in the monastery, this wall looks like any other Tibetan mani wall from a distance. But as you approach it you realise that instead of being made of engraved prayer stones, it’s made of hundreds and hundreds of human skulls.

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