This extra large prayer wheel is hand crafted in Kathmandu Nepal and it is made with copper metal and hand hammered with Buddha of compassion mantra all around it. It is similar size as most of prayer wheels around stupas in Nepal. There are hand crafted design of mantra OM MANI PADME HUM around the prayer wheel and there is also a scroll of such mantra inside the wheel. This prayer wheel measures 13 by 10 inches. You can usually see a lot of people using prayer wheels in Tibet, Nepal and India while they go around the stupas, temples and monasteries. The script is the mantra of the Buddha of compassion, Avalokteshwara, (in Tibetan Chenrezig). It means HAIL TO THE JEWEL IN THE LOTUS. Mani means jewel and Padma means lotus. This is a very powerful mantra.