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Tibet Palkhor Monastery Photo Tour
Tibet Palkhor Monastery Photo Tour
Located over 230 kilometers south of Lhasa, is the Palkhor Monastery. This monastery is unique in Tibet for it has the characteristics of Tibetan, Han, and Nepal architectural styles and is home to three sects of Buddhism, the Sakyapa, Kadampa, and Gelugpa sects. The monastery is known by several names: Palkhor Monastery, Palcho Monastery, and Pelkhor Choede. The main hall of the Palkhor Monastery is approximately five hundred years old. The three story building features three shrines on the first floor. The main shrine has an 8 meter high bronze statue of The Buddha which weighs almost 31,000 kilograms. The second floor has several shrines and the eighteen Arhat clay sculptures in the Arhat Shrine are renowned throughout Tibet. On the third floor, many frescos are displayed. The most famous aspect of the monastery is the Bodhi Dagoba, or Kumbum. The Dagoba is over 32 meters high and nine tiers with 108 gates, and 76 shrines. The shrines overlap each other, and approximately ten thousand figures of the Buddha are celebrated in them. On the fifteenth day of the fourth month on the Tibetan calendar, the Saka Dawa Festival is held in the monastery. It is the day to commemorate the Buddha. It is said that he was born and died on this day. Hundreds of Lamas make a pilgrimage to the Palkhor Monastery to chant sutras and thousands of spectators come from all parts of Tibet to commemorate The Buddha with them.
The Palkhor Monastery with its Dagoba
The red stuccoed walls of the monastery
Buddhist pilgrims visiting the Palkhor Monastery
Lamas performing a Buddhist ceremony
The colorful Lama's clothing match the colors of the monastery
The Bodhi Dagoba, one of the highlights of the monastery
The main gate to the Bodhi Dagoba
Intricate designs on the Dagoba
The Dagoba from the mountain behind the monastery
The road outside the monastery
The Prayer Wheels of the Palkhor Monastery
Buddhist clay tablets left by pilgrims
Believers dwarfed by the Dagoba
Pilgrims arriving at the monastery
More interesting things you can see all around Tibet:
| Mt. Everest | Barkhor Street - Lhasa | Potala Palace |
| Yamdrok Lake | Rongbuk Monastery | Tibet Drepung Monastery |
| Tibet Norbulingka Park | Tibet Jokhang Temple |
