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White Chapel (Lhakhang Karpo)

TIME : 2016/2/17 11:50:43

The entry to this side chapel is marked by a finely carved deodar (cedar) doorframe that originated in India. Inside are detailed 15th- and 16th-century murals, somewhat affected by water damage though mostly restored with Swiss assistance. The central statue is an old Sakyamuni Buddha (his hands are new). Lining the sides are the eight medicine buddhas in various states of destruction. Male deities line the left wall; female bodhisattvas the right. The far-right-corner murals depict a gruesome sky burial.