Lang-tang (Elephant Plain) Monastery, 20 miles north of Lhasa, showing ruined walls. Also showing chorten (the one on the left), which Lang-tang-pa, the founder of the monastery, erected to prevent people being seized by fits. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of monastery buildings. Subjects = Bell Collection; chortens (stupas); monasteries; stupas; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Lang-tang; Tibet