Prayer flags are part of the McLeod Ganj landscape. They are functional and not design elements. There’s no sacrilege when they appear next to clothes drying on a laundry line.

Prayer flags with laundry

They are very much in evidence at the Norbulingka Institute.

Prayer flags at Norbulingka Institute

The largest collection of prayer flags has to be those I found at the Palpung Sherabling Monastic Seat.

Prayer flags at Palpung Sherabling Monastic Seat 1

Prayer flags at Palpung Sherabling Monastic Seat 2

Prayer flags at Palpung Sherabling Monastic Seat 3