Pictures

Alchi, Ladakh

• The clay sculptures and paintings in the apse of the Alchi Main Temple.
• The clay sculptures of the Alchi Sumtseg.
• The gallery of the Life of the Buddha as found on Maitreya's dhoti in the Alchi Sumtseg contains the complete documentation of all the scenes by Jaroslav Poncar (126 pictures).
• The paintings in a 13th century stupa near Alchi Shangrong are the subject of another gallery (see also the stupa at Lamayuru).

Basgo, Ladakh

• Ruin of an 11th century temple.
• Passage Chörten.

Gumrang, Lahaul

• Village temple with clay sculptures of the 12th century.

Lalung, Spiti

• Some pictures of Lalung village.
• The Lalung Vairocana Temple with its four-fold Vairocana in clay.
• The clay sculptures of the Lalung Serkhang.

Lamayuru, Ladakh

• The paintings in a 13th century stupa at Lamayuru are of a style that is very similar to that in the Alchi Shangrong stupa.

Poo, Upper Kinnaur

• The Translator's Temple at Poo preserves an 11th century wooden sculpture of Bodhisattva Vajradharma and
• an illustrated manuscript.

Shalkhar, Upper Kinnaur

• The 11th century wooden capital of Shalkhar is reused in an more recent structure.

Tabo, Spiti

• There are three galleries dedicated to the Tabo clay sculptures. The Assembly Hall Gallery shows the Assembly Hall and its sculptures in general views, while the Mandala Sculpture Gallery contains the complete documentation of the clay sculptures there (468 photographs). The Cella Sculpture Gallery contains the documentation of the sculptures in and in front of the Cella (164 photographs).
• The story of the Bodhisattva Sada¯prarudita in search for the Perfection of Wisdom in the Tabo Ambulatory.

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