Tsenthang Yu'i lhakhang in the Yarlung valley

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2001.59.15.54.3 (Print)

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Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1949

Region

Yarlung Valley Region > Tsenthang Yu'i lhakhang

Accession number

2001.59.15.54.3

Image Dimensions

60 x 60 mm

Tsenthang Yu'i lhakhang (btsan thang g.yu'i lha khang) in the Yarlung valley. The temple roof had turquoise coloured roof tiles hence the name. It is surrounded by trees.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print silver

Date Acquired

Donated August 2001

Donated by

The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson

Expedition

Richardson's 1949 tour of the Yarlung and Chyongye valleys

Other Information

Notes on print - 'Tsenden Yu or Btsan-thang g-yu lhakhang' (in pencil) is written on the reverse of print in Richardson's hand and 'Velox' in an oval is stamped in black. [KC 12/6/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - Notes in negative index - Folio 53. 'do' BTSAN THANG G.YU'I LHAKHANG'. [KC 15/5/2006]

Manual Catalogues -


Manual Catalogues - Richardson's Handlist, Negative book '9' 'Drikhung, Chongye etc.' [no] 52, [53] 'Btsan-thang g.yu'i lha-khang, another early foundation near Khra-'brug. See Mkhyen-brtse p 128 note 278' [KC 17/5/2006]

Other Information - History: Richardson discusses this site in High Peaks, Pure Earth' London, Serindia Publications, 1998, p.
296. "Other religious foundations attributed to Khri Srong-lde-btsan include the Btsan-thang G.yu'i Lha-khang in Yar-lung, a smaller version of the great temple of Khra-'brug but not comparable with it in prestige or wealth. The chief image was Rnam-par snang-mdzad as in the majority of temples of this period. Nearby there ws a small chapel of Avolokiteshvara with a thousand arms and a thousand eyes, and the Tshes-chu bum-pa, a large white
mchod-rten - the Vase of Eternal Life - built to contain a crystal image from India given to Padmasambhava. It is said that water pours from it on the fifteenth day of each month." Also, "Nearby [to Tshes-bcu Bum-pa] is the little Btsan-thang G.yu'i Lha-khang (1949), which owes its name to its rooflet covered with turquoise-blue tiles. Its foundation is attributed to one of Khri Srong-lde-brtsan's queens. It has some resemblance to the Ra-mo-che in design, though much smaller. ... The roof was supported by a wooden lantern construction like that of the top storey of the Bsam-yas dbu-rtse ." (p. 319)

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Tsenthang Yu'i lhakhang in the Yarlung valley" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.15.54.3.html>.

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