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The White Palace is part of the ''Portala Palace'' that makes up the living quarters of the Dalai Lama in the holy city of ''Lhasa'' the capital of ''Tibet''. The first White Palace was built during the lifetime of the fifth Dalai Lama in the 1650s then was extended to its size today by the thirteenth Dalai Lama in the early twenthieth century. The palace was for secular uses and contained the living quarters, offices, the seminary and the printing house. A central, yellow-painted courtyard known as a ''Deyangshar'' seperates the living quarters of the Lama and his monks with the Red Palace, the other side of the sacred Potala which is completely devoted to religious study and prayer. It contains the sacred gold stupas , the monks assembly hall, numerous chapels and shrines, and libraries for the inportant ''Buddhist'' scriptures, the ''Kanjur'' in 108 volumes and the ''Tenjur'' with 225. The yellow building at the side of the White Palace in the courtyard between the main palaces houses giant banners embroidered with holy symbols which hung across the south face of the Potala during New year festivals. |
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The '''White Palace''' is part of the Portala Palace that makes up the living quarters of the ] in the holy city of ] the capital of ]. The first White Palace was built during the lifetime of the fifth Dalai Lama in the 1650s then was extended to its size today by the thirteenth Dalai Lama in the early ]. The palace was for secular uses and contained the living quarters, offices, the seminary and the printing house. A central, yellow-painted courtyard known as a ''Deyangshar'' seperates the living quarters of the Lama and his monks with the Red Palace, the other side of the sacred Portala which is completely devoted to religious study and prayer. It contains the sacred gold stupas , the monks assembly hall, numerous chapels and shrines, and libraries for the inportant ] scriptures, the ''Kanjur'' in 108 volumes and the ''Tenjur'' with 225. The yellow building at the side of the White Palace in the courtyard between the main palaces houses giant banners embroidered with holy symbols which hung across the south face of the Potala during New Year festivals. |
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