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Nechung Monastery, Tibet - Images Added

Nechung Monastery is located just West of Lhasa below the much larger Drepung Monastery. It is most famous as the home of the Nechung Oracle. The images are predominantly of the fabulous large format brightly coloured murals depicting the retinue figures in the entourage of the worldly deity Pehar Gyalpo. The images have been added to the Ariana Maki Photographic Archive.