Poo. Buddha with two disciples. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
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Buddha and other religious images. Photograph titled by Francke: 'Interior of Lotsabai Lha-khang, Poo.' Francke (1914), p,. 20: 'This temple, the oldest of the existing temples of Poo, is called Lo-tsa-bai-Lha-khang and is asserted to have been built by Lo-tsa-ba Rin-chen-bzang-po (Ratna-bhadra...
Lio [Li]. Ancient wood carving. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
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Francke (1914), p. 31: 'Although I am convinced of the correctness of the assertion that the [bKra-shis-lhun-grub] monastery is of remote origin, this statement cannot be confirmed by documentary evidence. The present building does not appear to be of many years' standing, nor the few idols cont...
Nako. Image of Vairocana in the [Lotsabai Lha-khang] Monastery. Photographer: Pindi Lal (Archaeological Survey of India).
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Seated figure of Vairochana or rNam-par-snang-mdzad in a niche on the wall of the monastery. Francke (1914), p. 32: 'The western hall is called Lha-khang-ched-po. The principal figure in this hall is that of rNam-par-snang-mdzad (Vairochana), the chief of the Dhyani-buddhas of the five regions.'