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Lungta (prayer flags)

₨ 1,200.00

Lung is air/wind, and Ta means horse. So the Tibetan word lung-ta means wind horse. It is a divine horse to lift our energy and life force and carry our messages to the gods and deities. When we examine Lunta (prayer flags) they come in five thin white rectangular or square cotton clothes in five colours: yellow, green, red, white and blue. These colours represent the five natural elements-earth, water, air, fire and space. In the four corners of the flag are four animals, Tiger at the bottom right, Lion at the bottom left, a Garuda at the top left and a dragon at top right. In the centre is the air horse carrying the wish fulfilling jewel and prayer to remove obstacles are written in between the animals. In short, these Lungta prayer flags represent typical Tibetan culture honouring interdependence and need for harmony among God, elements (planet), humans and animals. In Tibet, India, Nepal and even abroad these days, you will often see Lungta, being hung horizontally on rooftops, on the trees in high hills and ridges.
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What are Khata and Lungta made of?

Traditionally both khatas and Lungtas back in the days were made of sheep's wool or pure cotton and silk. However lately, they are overwhelmingly made of Polyester,which is ofcourse a completely synthetic material. Most of them, according to data collected by tricycle.org, are manufactured in a place called Ranyi township, outside Chengdu, in southwest China.

Introducing Eco- friendly, Biodegradable Khatas and Lungtas

In our sincerest attempt in reducing the community's carbon footprint we introduce our biodegradable khatas and lungtas that are environment friendly. These are made of pure cotton and unlike the synthetic material it is easy to decompose.

Each Khata comes decorated with Tashi Tagye (eight auspicious Buddhist symbols). While our lungta comes with 25 flags and measures nine metres long. The thread that binds the flag is made using sisal.

Finally, with this approach we are not only drawing everyone's attention towards the environmental issue but we are also reminding our communities that follow Tibetan Buddhism of our age old traditional practices that were actually eco-friendly.

So let us join hands together in bringing those practices back for a better future.

 

Dimensions of one roll:
25 prayer flags
each flag is 13 x ll inch (28 x 33 cm)
9 meters long.

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Dimensions 900 × 28 × 33 cm
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