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The Secret Murals of the Lukhang Temple (2024)

The Secret Murals of the Lukhang Temple photos by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu - with curator Jakob Winkler

In 1981 Professor Namkhai Norbu, returning to Lhasa after more than 20 years, made the first photographs of what were then considered the most secret images of Tibet, the 18th-century murals of the Lukhang, a small temple located behind the Potala Palace which contains what has become known as the Sistine Chapel of Tib...