Section of the Potala roof / View across to Chokpori hill and
Palhalupuk temple from Potala roof
Image of Maitreya in the Potala said to
contain the brain of the saint
Atisha (C11th CE)
/ The 55 feet high chörten
of the great H H The Dalai Lama V in the
Potala (embellished with 3.5 tons of gold & jewels worth 10 times
as much)
The Potala from Chokpori
Relaxing amidst rock paintings &
carvings near the summit of
Chokpori
Scenes in the Barkhor
The Tsangpo (which becomes the Brahmaputra in the south) from the air