5th Dalai Lama
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The 5th Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso was recognized as the 5th Dalai Lama, and he became the first Dalai Lama to hold both Tibet's political and spiritual leadership roles.
5th Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lozang Gyatso
Shigatse, 2009.
Tashilhunpo Monastery, 1938 Tibet expedition photograph by Ernst Schäfer in German Federal Archives.
View of Potala from 5th Dalai Lama's private Lukhang temple, December, 2008.
Potala Palace
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Potala Palace is a museum complex in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It was formerly the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas, and from 1649 until 1959 served as the Dalai Lama
5th Dalai Lama
…He began the custom of meeting early European explorers. The 5th Dalai Lama built the Potala Palace, and also wrote 24 volumes' worth of scholarly and religious works on a wide range of subjects. To understand the context within which the Dalai Lama…
Potala Palace HQ
Potala Palace in the 1920s
The Sertreng ceremony on 28 April 1949 with thangkas on the front of the palace
The Potala Palace in 2008