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Monk living at Yumbulagang Palace/Monastery South-Western Tibet 2011© Nora de Angelli / www.noraphotos.com
According to a legend of followers of the Bon religion, Yumbulagang was erected in the second century B.C. for the first Tibetan king Nyatri Tsenpo, who descended from the sky. It was also the first palace ever to be built in Tibet. Yungbulakang stands on a hill on the eastern bank of the Yalung River. It is also named "The Mosher and Song Holy Hall" as the Yalong tribe gradually expanded in power and conquered other important tribes in the area.
Later, Yumbulagang became a summer palace, and later a shrine and under the reign of the 5th Dalai Lama, a monastery of the Gelugpa school, the Yellow Hat Sect.
It is reputedly the oldest building in Tibet, looking like and a beautiful castle-like dwelling and monastery, dramatically perched on a spur looking out over the fertile valley below.
Later, Yumbulagang became a summer palace, and later a shrine and under the reign of the 5th Dalai Lama, a monastery of the Gelugpa school, the Yellow Hat Sect.
It is reputedly the oldest building in Tibet, looking like and a beautiful castle-like dwelling and monastery, dramatically perched on a spur looking out over the fertile valley below.
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