I have seen lot of yellow and red threads on trees, little notes hanging from the branches, small cradles offered to God in Temples in India as a gentle nudge to the Almighty to consider the case.
Curious little pagoda-like structures which is made by stacking stones of bigger sizes in the bottom is a way of worshiping or praying by Buddhists in Korea. Each stone represents a wish to be fulfilled for the stacker or may also represent a person for whom prosperity is wished for.
These little structures where made in
Mount Namsan in Gyeongju in the South Eastern part of Korea. The Mountain itself is an extraordinary Buddhist Relic consisting of hundreds of statues and carvings of Buddha. It also has a beautiful hermitage at 2.5km from the base.
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| Stacking Stones in Mount Namsan |
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| Precariously Stacked stones at the Bulguksa Temple in Gyeongju |
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| More stacking stones... Pretty ones and precise ones :) |
Thursday Challenge- Culture- Praying by Stacking stones in Korea
ABC Wednesday- Q for Quaint practices from Korea
this is something interesting and new for me...
ReplyDeleteWow, this is a lovely place. The third pic is just too mind boggling.
ReplyDeleteNice post :)
Regards,
Jay
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I have just captured a small snippet of the hundreds of stacking stones in the temple. The whole scene was just too mind boggling!
DeleteHow strange. I had no idea. You may be the first person to have written about this specifically.
ReplyDeletepeople stack stones on the banks of the narmada river, in the belief that it will help them build houses and also that their lineage will grow... i have also seen these stacks at a number of other places these days.. probably the concept is spreading.
ReplyDeleteVey interesting post about a wonderful place! Thanks for sharing:)
ReplyDeletehmmm now that is interesting
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That’s interesting and how the stones balancing are amazing!
ReplyDeleteWow..this was interesting and new to me!
ReplyDeleteWow! Fascinating post ~ I see these compilations of rocks more and more around here in the USA ~ Wonderful photos ~ (A Creative Harbor) ^_^
ReplyDeleteFascinating indeed!
ReplyDeleteInteresting! I have seen stones stacked like this on the steps of Tirupati and also in many temples in the Himalayas.
ReplyDeleteIt is quaint, for certain.
ReplyDeleteROG, ABC Wednesday team
there is one group here in the Phils. that practices rock balancing but i don't think they do it for praying...after reading your post, I will definitely ask if I see a person balancing stones again..
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THat must be some inspiring sight to see...
ReplyDeleteI miss seeing those.
ReplyDeleteQuestions
Would you mind pitching an answer?
We've seen some of this in Disney..
ReplyDeleteQue Sera Sera
Rose, ABC Wednesday Team
Reminds me of the Canadian inuqshuk. Not sure about the spelling! lol
ReplyDeleteLeslie
abcw team
We have an area in our town that has many stacks of stones... I had no idea if they are related to prayer, or someone just likes stacking rocks.
ReplyDeleteGood Devi, u do a wonderful research. Do u ever think this is a form of LINGAM?
ReplyDeleteGood Devi, u do a wonderful research. Do u ever think this is a form of LINGAM?
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