Statue of Songtsen Gampo, the Great king and founding father of the Tibetan Nation, in Yumbulagang, Yarlung valley, Tibet.
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM in Sweden.
This statue of Songtsen Gampo is in the Yumbulagang, Tibets first house.
Songtsen Gampo is believed to have been an incarnation of Bodhisattva Chenresig (Avaoliteshvara), which the extra head above him symbolizes.
Yumbulagang, Yumbulakar or Yumbu Lakhang or Yungbulakang (Palace) is an ancient palace in the Yarlung Valley, Nêdong County in the vicinity of Tsetang (Zêtang) in Southern Tibet.
According to legend it was the first building in Tibet and the palace of the first Tibetan king, Nyatri Tsenpo.
Yumbulagang may not today be the same building as legends says it is, but it is nevertheless a wonderful place and the views from the Palace is absolutely amazing.
The Palace is on a hill on the eastern bank of the Yarlung River in the Yarlung Valley - the cradle of Tibetan civilisation.
My visit to Tibet were in January 2011, a very cold time but on the upside hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. And as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
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Statue of Songtsen Gampo, the Great king and founding father of the Tibetan Nation, in Yumbulagang, Yarlung valley, Tibet.
Erik Törner is a Tibet analyst from IM in Sweden.
This statue of Songtsen Gampo is in the Yumbulagang, Tibets first house.
Songtsen Gampo is believed to have been an incarnation of Bodhisattva Chenresig (Avaoliteshvara), which the extra head above him symbolizes.
Yumbulagang, Yumbulakar or Yumbu Lakhang or Yungbulakang (Palace) is an ancient palace in the Yarlung Valley, Nêdong County in the vicinity of Tsetang (Zêtang) in Southern Tibet.
According to legend it was the first building in Tibet and the palace of the first Tibetan king, Nyatri Tsenpo.
Yumbulagang may not today be the same building as legends says it is, but it is nevertheless a wonderful place and the views from the Palace is absolutely amazing.
The Palace is on a hill on the eastern bank of the Yarlung River in the Yarlung Valley - the cradle of Tibetan civilisation.
My visit to Tibet were in January 2011, a very cold time but on the upside hardly no tourists visit Tibet in winter time. And as it is too cold to work for both farmers and nomads, they traditionally have a month of and go on pilgrimage. Thereby, all sights where filled with Tibetans, mostly from the countryside.
Dressed up for the occasion, and very curious to meet Westerners, they made it worth sleeping without heat or electricity in below zero temperatures.
Photo and copyright: Erik Törner, IM Individuell Människohjälp www.manniskohjalp.se
Contact IMs Erik Törner for permissions. Email erik@torner.nu
IM is a Swedish aid organization fighting and exposing poverty and exclusion.
IMs Photo Archive (IMs Bildarkiv) can always be found at www.flickr.com/IMsbildarkiv