H.H. the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa Performing The Black Crown Ceremony Swayambhu, Nepal 1976. A rice mandala, symbolic of everything good in the universe, is offered to His Holiness followed by the seven-branch prayer. Previous unpublished photo © Tibetan Clipart Source of text: "Karmapa" by Ken Holmes
H.H. the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa Performing The Black Crown Ceremony Swayambhu, Nepal 1976.
A rice mandala, symbolic of everything good in the universe, is offered to His Holiness followed by the seven-branch prayer.
Performing The Black Crown Ceremony 
