NEPAL COLLECTION

WOODEN PRAYER MANI
Length: 17 cm
Height: 14.5 cm
Width:  9 cm
$25.00


Tibetan prayer wheels, also called Mani wheels, are holy ritual objects for spreading and distributing spiritual blessings and wishing well to all living beings throughout the world. Such practice invokes good karma or

Turning the prayer wheel is an important Buddhist religious exercise. People turn these prayer wheels day and night for hours and hours while waking or resting, whenever their right hand is free, and are heard murmuring the mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum” over and over again. Buddhist pilgrims use the prayer wheel for meditation and healing. Buddhists turn the wheel clockwise. Just touching and turning a prayer wheel brings incredible purification and accumulates unbelievable spiritual merit, helping to replace negative vibes with positive ones, and hence bringing good karma for the future and next life.

“spiritual behavior”. A prayer wheel is a wheel on a spindle which is imprinted with numerous copies of the mantra or prayer “Om Mani Padme Hum” written in Tibetan script.

COLORFUL PAINTED PRAYER WHEEL
Length : 14 cm
Width : 9 cm
Weight : 200 g
$38.00


This prayer wheel is beautifully hand carved and painted. It makes a great desk top activity for stressed out executives!

See the description above for a better understanding of prayer wheels.

WOODEN “OM” WALL HANGING
Length : 8 in
Width : 7 in
Weight : 200 g
$20.00


Beautifully hand carved wooden “Om” symbol wall hanging. OM or AUM is the most important and significant word of Mantra (Buddhist prayer) tradition. It is considered as the root mantra of all mantras. In a majority of Mantra, you will find OM. OM is the most often chanted sound among all the sacred sounds on earth. This sound is considered as the sound of the existence. It is believed that the whole universe, in its fundamental form, is made up of vibrating, pulsating energy. Om is considered as the humming sound of this cosmic energy.

MITHILA PENCIL HOLDER
Length : 10 cm
Width : 6 cm
Weight : 60 g
$14.50


In certain villages of southern Nepal ( Janakpur) it has been tradition for women to paint lively designs on walls of their homes. The designs vary depending upon the occasion. These same designs are copied onto these beautiful pencil holders using vibrant colors. Images include elephants, peacocks, symbols of prosperity and good fortune, wedding scenes and gods to bless the new couple,  parrots, bamboo, turtles, and fish, all symbols of happy union and fertility.

TIBETAN BOX
Length : 22 cm
Width : 17 cm
Weight : 675 g
$35.00


The wooden box is a miniature form of traditional Safe(chest) box where valuables, cash, and jewellery are kept. The box is hand painted with Tibetan motif and style. It can be purchased with other small goods to reduce shipping cost as other small items can be filled inside the box when shipping.

  

VANITY MIRROR
Length : 8 cm
Width : 7 cm
$6.50


In certain villages of southern Nepal (Janakpur) it has been tradition for women to paint lively designs on walls of their homes. The designs vary depending upon the occasion.  These same designs are copied onto these beautiful fold up mirrors using vibrant colors. Images include elephants, peacocks, symbols of prosperity and good fortune, parrots, bamboo, turtles, and fish - all symbols of happy union and fertility. Designs may vary from website photo. Contact us to see what we have in stock.

COIN PURSE
Length: 6 cm
Height: 5 cm
Width: 5 cm
$2.50


Colorful inexpensive coin purses are the perfect little gift for storing special items. Kids love purses of all sizes!

Fair trade high quality Nepali handicrafts

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