The Potala Palace is a dzong fortress in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. It was the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas from 1649...

significant Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka Palaces. Lhasa literally translates to "place of gods" (ལྷ...

000 hectares (50,000 acres), or 200 square kilometres (77 sq mi) The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, with 1000 rooms on 13 levels, and over 130,000 square...

kingdom, Leh Palace, the former residence of the royal family of Ladakh, was built in the same style and about the same time as the Potala Palace in Tibet...

always spent their winters at the Potala Palace and their summers at the Norbulingka palace and park. Both palaces are in Lhasa and approximately 3 km...

Tibet Autonomous Region. It contains two world heritage sites – the Potala Palace and Norbulingka, which were the residences of the Dalai Lama. Lhasa...

surrounding areas. Leh Palace Leh Palace lit at night during the Galdan Namchot festival. Leh Palace, Morning view (2021) Potala Palace, built in 1645 in the...

modeled after the Potala Palace of Tibet, the residence of the Dalai Lama built a century earlier. Since it was modeled after the Potala palace, the temple...

Nanjing Genyue in Kaifeng Changle Palace in Chang'an Shanglinyuan in Chang'an Xingqing Palace in Chang'an Potala Palace in Lhasa was used by the Dalai Lama...

Village, Ruifang District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It is also called the Potala Palace of Mountain Mines. Originally built in 1933 by Japanese during their...

studied the sutras and tantras, had several students, and rebuilt the Potala Palace. Tsultrim Gyatso was born to a modest family known as Drongto Norbutsang...

Thupten Gyatso Jigdral Chokley Namgyal". In 1879, he was enthroned at the Potala Palace, but did not assume political power until 1895, after he had reached...

Korean architecture History of Korea Imperial City of Huế Forbidden City Potala Palace Manwoldae http://www.royalpalace.go.kr:8080/content/guide/gyeongbokgung_eng201307...

of Tibetan palace architecture. Norbulingka Palace is situated in the west side of Lhasa, a short distance to the southwest of Potala Palace. Norbulingka...

transcribed as Zhöl or Shöl Village), is a village at the base of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. It contained the residences and administrative buildings...

the dhvaja on the roof of the Potala Palace below). Five Dhvajas (Victory banners), on the roof of the Potala White Palace. Dhvaja (Victory banner) - trident...

On 25 February 2022, a Tibetan man lit himself on fire outside the Potala Palace, the former residence of the Dalai Lama. It was later confirmed that...

Ladakh region of northern India. It is noted for its resemblance to the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, and is the largest monastery in central Ladakh, notably...

the expansion of the Potala Palace began, the Dalai Lama moved away from the actual quarters Ganden Phodrang and stayed at the Potala in the winter and Norbulingka...

area. Standing at 117 meters in height and 360 meters in width, the Potala Palace, designated as a World Heritage Site in 1994 and extended to include...

Reting Rinpoche later rebelled, was captured, and died imprisoned in the Potala Palace under mysterious circumstances. State-controlled media in China claims...

Jokhang became a UNESCO World Heritage Site as an extension of the Potala Palace (a World Heritage Site since 1994). Many Nepalese artists have worked...

have been included as UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. The Potala Palace, named after Mount Potala, the abode of Chenresig or Avalokiteśvara, was the chief...

monastery in Yunnan province and is sometimes referred to as the Little Potala Palace. Located in the capital of Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, it is...

Dalai Lama was held in the Potala Palace. Sitting-in-the-bed ceremony for the 13th Dalai Lama was held in the Potala Palace. Golden Urn The Discourse of...

Mongols in Kokonor. The Fifth Dalai Lama began construction of the Potala Palace in 1645 after one of his spiritual advisors, Konchog Chophel (d. 1646)...

space of the syllabic mandala as seen in the ceiling decoration of the Potala Palace. The full mantra in Tibetan is thus: ཨོཾ་མ་ཎི་པདྨེ་ཧཱུྃ་ཧྲཱིཿ The hrīḥ...

part of Tibet and a major tourist destination with sights such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang and Ramoche Temple.[citation needed] Lhasa prefecture-level...

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were forced to perform hard labor, tortured and executed. Although the Potala Palace was threatened, Premier Zhou Enlai intervened and restrained the Tibetan...