What is "potala"

Usage examples of "potala".

The same style is said to have been followed in the best images cast in Lhasa, but it is not clear whether this is a reference to the 'Dod-li images, named after a workshop situated at the foot of the Potala in Lhasa and founded in the time of the fifth Dalai Lama (1617-82).

The rain has stopped but the avenue glistens goldly while hundreds upon hundreds of brightly garbed pilgrims and residents of the Forbidden City bustle to and fro in front of the huge walls and gates of the Drepung and the Potala.

After all, when one received a card postmarked The Potala, Lhasa, or The East Pier, Sri Lanka, it wouldnt hurt to see a bit of pictorial representation on the front once in a while.