Dark sights in Shigatse
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Tomb of the Fifth to the Ninth Panchen Lamas
Built by the 10th Panchen Lama to replace tombs destroyed in the Cultural Revolution, the central statue is of the ninth Panchen Lama. The 10th Panchen Lama returned to Shigatse from Beijing to dedicate the tomb in 1989. He fulfilled his prediction that he would die on Tibetan soil just three days after the ceremony.
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Tomb of the 10th Panchen Lama
This dazzling gold-plated funeral chörten holds the remains of the 10th Panchen Lama, who died in 1989. His image is displayed in front of the tomb. The ceiling of the chapel is painted with a Kalachakra (Dukhor in Tibetan) mandala and the walls are painted with buddhas of real gold.
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Tomb of the Fourth Panchen Lama
The 11m silver-and-gold funerary chörten of the fourth Panchen Lama (1570-1662) was the only tomb chörten to escape destruction during the Cultural Revolution.
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