Mobile Pilgrim in front of Jokhang temple, Tibet 2017

The Jokhang also known as the, Jokang, Jokhang Temple, Jokhang Monastery and Zuglagkang is a Buddhist temple in Barkhor Square in Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. Tibetans, in general, consider this temple as the most sacred and important temple in Tibet.
The temple is currently maintained by the Gelug school, but they accept worshipers from all sects of Buddhism. The temple's architectural style is a mixture of Indian vihara design, Tibetan and Nepalese design. Within the Tibetan tradition a list of eleven different forms of the victory banner is given to represent eleven specific methods for overcoming "defilements".
Many variations of the dhvaja's design can be seen on the roofs of Tibetan monasteries to symbolyze the Buddha's victory over four maras. In its most traditional form the victory banner is fashioned as a cylindrical ensign mounted upon a long wooden axel-pole.
The top of the banner takes the form of a small white "parasol" , which is surrounded by a central "wish granting gem". This domed parasol is rimmed by an ornate golden crest-bar or moon-crest with makara-trailed ends, from which hangs a billowing yellow or "white silk scarf'"

In 821, Ralpachen and Tang Emperor Mu Zong concluded a treaty, the text of which was inscribed on three stone pillars. One pillar was erected in the Chinese capital of Xi’an, one on the border between China and Tibet, and one (the only remaining pillar) in Lhasa known as the Doring Pillar. The treaty established that the “whole region to the east” was “Great China” and the “whole region to the west” was “Great Tibet.” The treaty declared that “Tibetans shall be happy in Tibet and Chinese shall be happy in China…”
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Taken in: 中國 / 西藏自治区 / 拉萨 (show map)

Taken on: September 5, 2017

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Pilgrim གནས་བསྐོར་བ་ nekorwa / སྐོར་མི kormi

pilgrimage གནས་བསྐོར nekor

on pilgrimage གནས་སྐོར་པ nekorpa

great sacred place གནས་ཆེན nechen

Face གདོང་པ་ dong pa

གདོང༌ dong

གདོང་ཁ dongkha

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Focal Length:	300mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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