Monastery along the outer Linkhor of Lhasa, Tibet 2017

Sanggyé Kutong location : Lhasa,on the western tip at the base of Mount Chakpori, on this hill where once stood the well known Medical College (Menpa Tra-tsang),what was totally destroyed by Chinese PLA in 1959. By following the Lingkhor ( outer circuit) which skirted the entire city including the Potala Palace. Pilgrims and traders alike would move around the holy city on these circuits, invariably in a clockwise direction, as of Nangkhor (inner circuit within the Jokhang) around the Jokhang temple, and Barkhor (intermediate circuit), the Jokhang temple surrounded by its shrines, Ramoche and Chakpori, the Potala and Norbulingka palaces, and the outlying monasteries of Drepung, Nechung, Sera and Pawangka. Residential parts of the city and its suburbs also had their distinct names: Rabsel, Hawaling and Telpung-gang to the south and southwest of the Barkhor; Tromzikhang, Kyire and Banak Zhol to the north of the Barkhor; Zhol village, nestling below the Potala, Denpak to the northwest of the city, Lhalu, Pelding, and Nyangdreng to the north, Dokde and Tsangrel to the northeast, Ngachen and Changdrong to the east..
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Taken in: China / Tibet / Bakuo (show map)

Taken on: September 7, 2017

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