Drepung Monastery
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Drepung Monastery, located at the foot of Mount Gephel, is one of the "great three" Gelug monasteries of Tibet. The other two are Ganden Monastery and Sera Monastery. Drepung is the largest of all Tib
Drepung Monastery
The repaired entrance to Drepung
Young monks debating at Drepung
Monks in the great assembly hall, 2006
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
Drepung Monastery
…monasteries. The Ganden Phodrang (dga´ ldan pho brang) in Drepung was the residence of the Dalai Lamas until the Great Fifth Dalai Lama constructed the Potala Palace. Drepung was known for high standards of academic study, and was called the Nalanda of Tibet, a reference to the great Buddhist monastic university of…
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