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

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PRM479685
Image title
The southern face of the Potala Palace adorned with banners for the Sertreng Ceremony, Lhasa, Tibet, 1949 (b/w photo)
Artist
Richardson, Hugh Edward (1905-2000) / Scottish
Location
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK
Medium
black and white photograph
Date
1949 AD (C20th AD)
Image description

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 on the far left of the image. There are trees and grazing anaimals in the foreground. 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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ceremony / building / bodhisattva / Buddhism / religion / religious / animals / deities / landscape / buddhism / banners / asia / temples / tibetan / mountainous / shol / hilltop / asian / exterior / deity / ceremony / architecture / mountain / banner / lhasa / temple / building / religion / buddha / buddhist / sertreng / bodhisattvas / bodhisattva / tibet / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto
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