Day 6: October 3, 2006
Lhasa: The Jokhang and Sera Monastery
Painting in the Kyi Chu Hotel lobby of the demoness whose body staddled the entire Tibetan plateau. Numerous temples and monasteries were subsequently built in strategic locations to 'subdue' her....The most important and central temple (at her heart) was the Jokhang.
Approaching the Jokhang, dating back to the 7th century, with sage and incense smoke...
Prayer wheels inside the Jokhang courtyard. Each is packed full of long scrolls of prayers and mantra, set in motion as one walks by.
Up on the second floor.
On the second floor. The lines of prayer wheels are down below...
On the roof of the Jokhang, with the Potala visible in the background.
Tibetan pilgrim prostrating in front of the Jokhang.
Roofing material is a bunch of grass/twigs laid sideways, with wood on top. The triangle thing is a wooden drain to remove water/snow melt....
On top of the Jokhang.
ornate roofing
Living quarters.
Roof restoration work..
Pilgrims prostrating in front of the Jokhang.
Bicycle-powered cotton candy...
Young Muslim men selling dates and dried fruits...
Lighting butter lamp offerings.
Pilgrims (from Kham in eastern Tibet?) circumambulating the Jokhang.
Check out all the turquoise braided in their hair...
Enjoying a rest in the Kyi Chu's garden courtyard...
On the way to Sera Monastery outside of Lhasa on the nice new highway. A hermitage is visible way up the mountain on the top right...
Sera Monastery maze. It was founded in 1419 and became one of the largest and most important Gelugpa monasteries, at one time housing about 5,000 monks and 5 colleges of instruction...
Painting of some kind of divination system on a pillar at a chapel, or is it Tibetan checkers?
In front of one of the main chapels.
Artist restoring some of the murals...
We were there just in time for debate.
Cory's really filling out his shirt after all that yummy Tibetan food, ha!
Saying goodbye to Pema our driver....
Sunset from the hotel window....
Lhasa: The Jokhang and Sera Monastery
Painting in the Kyi Chu Hotel lobby of the demoness whose body staddled the entire Tibetan plateau. Numerous temples and monasteries were subsequently built in strategic locations to 'subdue' her....The most important and central temple (at her heart) was the Jokhang.
Approaching the Jokhang, dating back to the 7th century, with sage and incense smoke...
Prayer wheels inside the Jokhang courtyard. Each is packed full of long scrolls of prayers and mantra, set in motion as one walks by.
Up on the second floor.
On the second floor. The lines of prayer wheels are down below...
On the roof of the Jokhang, with the Potala visible in the background.
Tibetan pilgrim prostrating in front of the Jokhang.
Roofing material is a bunch of grass/twigs laid sideways, with wood on top. The triangle thing is a wooden drain to remove water/snow melt....
On top of the Jokhang.
ornate roofing
Living quarters.
Roof restoration work..
Pilgrims prostrating in front of the Jokhang.
Bicycle-powered cotton candy...
Young Muslim men selling dates and dried fruits...
Lighting butter lamp offerings.
Pilgrims (from Kham in eastern Tibet?) circumambulating the Jokhang.
Check out all the turquoise braided in their hair...
Enjoying a rest in the Kyi Chu's garden courtyard...
On the way to Sera Monastery outside of Lhasa on the nice new highway. A hermitage is visible way up the mountain on the top right...
Sera Monastery maze. It was founded in 1419 and became one of the largest and most important Gelugpa monasteries, at one time housing about 5,000 monks and 5 colleges of instruction...
Painting of some kind of divination system on a pillar at a chapel, or is it Tibetan checkers?
In front of one of the main chapels.
Artist restoring some of the murals...
We were there just in time for debate.
Cory's really filling out his shirt after all that yummy Tibetan food, ha!
Saying goodbye to Pema our driver....
Sunset from the hotel window....
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