Lhasa Sights

Chapel of Jowo Sakyamuni

#25 of 89 things to do in Lhasa

#4050 of 21665 things to do in Asia

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The most important shrine in Tibet, this chapel houses the image of Sakyamuni Buddha at the age of 12 years, brought to Tibet by Princess Wencheng. You enter via an anteroom containing the Four Guardian Kings, smiling on the left and frowning to the right. Inside are statues of the protectors Miyowa (Achala) and Chana Dorje (Vajrapani, blue). Several large bells hang from the anteroom's Newari-style roof. The carved doorway has been rubbed smooth by generations of pilgrims.

 

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