Praying cylinders at Soonum, Himalayas

1862

Painting of the praying cylinders in Soonum, Himalayas. Within a mountainous landscape, a crudely erected wooden structure holds the cylinders - fixed to an axle on a horizontal paddle wheel. When the water gushes down, it causes a circular movement in the cylinders. A local woman dressed in a striped skirt collects water in a barrel. Another woman, accompanied by a child, carries the water barrel on her back.