-
Thimphu side), and
facing it to the west
across a
small courtyard, the
black Gönkhang (protective
deities temple).
Other buildings,
which house the resident...
- Only the
central Utse tower, the
Lhakhang Sarp (new temple), and main
Gönkhang (protector temple)
remain from the
earlier Dzong.
After its completion...
- black-ground (Tibetan: nag thang)
painting was
installed in the
chapel (
gonkhang)
dedicated to the
wrathful protective deities (dharmapalas), a room reserved...
- Avalokitesvara. The
gonkhang was
created in 1983 when the
monastery underwent renovation and was
completed a year
later The
walls of the
gonkhang display thangkas...
- Lhasa. To
evoke the aid of
guardian deities,
specialized shrines called Gonkhang Mgon
Khang were
established in
Buddhist temples.
These shrines housed the...
- lhakhang, the
Choeku lhakhang, the Guru lhakhang, the
Namsey Lhakhang and the
Gonkhang (inner
chapel dedicated to a deity). On the
ground floor in the
Tulku lhakhang...
- ****embly Hall are the
Tsenyi Dratsang with a
walled garden for debating, the
Gonkhang with an
image of Takkiraja, the 'tiger-riding' form of Mahakala, and the...
- the
springs in Sera) and Lama
Tubten Kunga (who
renovated Sera Me) and
Gonkhang chapel with the
image of the
protector deity Gyelchen Karma Trinle. Choding...
-
entrance to the main ****embly hall,
there is a
protector shrine called Gonkhang. The
impressive 48
pillared hall is
decorated with
numerous silk Tankhas...
-
central tower and are
dedicated to Padmasambhava. The
dzong also
contains a
Gonkhang,
which is
dedicated to Mahākāla, and a
temple dedicated to Amitāyus, the...
