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The southern face of the Potala Palace adorned with banners for the Sertreng Ceremony, Lhasa,...

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PRM479684
Image title
The southern face of the Potala Palace adorned with banners for the Sertreng Ceremony, Lhasa, Tibet, 1949 (b/w photo)
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Richardson, Hugh Edward (1905-2000) / Scottish
Location
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK
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photography
Date
1949 AD (C20th AD)
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Part of the southern face of the Potala adorned with two appliquéd banners, Koku, (gos sku) for the Sertreng ceremony (tshogs mchod ser spreng) on the 30th day of the 2nd Tibetan month. The banners have images of the Buddha surrounded by deities and bodhisattvas. The Shol inscription pillar may be seen in the centre of the image. Crowds of onlookers are in the foreground. There are some monks standing on a bridge at the bottom of the image. The Potala Palace was, until the 1959 Tibetan uprising, the chief residence of the Dalai Lama.

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© Pitt Rivers Museum / Bridgeman Images
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1940s / 20th century / architecture / buddha / Buddhism / religion / ceremony / fortress / building / palace / Tibet / Asia / tradition / culture / external view (building) / black and white / photo / banner / bodhisattva / religious / landscape / temples / mountainous / monk / monks
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