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PRAYER FLAGS : ICONOGRAPHY
A prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes. Prayer flags are believed to have originated with Bon. In Bon, shamanistic Bonpo used primary-colored plain flags in Tibet.Traditional prayer flags include woodblock-printed text and images.

Nepal Sutras, originally written on cloth banners, were transmitted to other regions of the world as prayer flags.used by the devas against their adversaries, the asuras. carrying the heavenly banner as a way of signifying his commitment to ahimsa. Indian practice of printing on cloth prayer flags to Tibet and Nepal.