Jokhang Temple/Barkhor Steet Photo Gallery by lcurran at pbase.com

Jokhang Temple/Barkhor Steet

Jokhang Temple is the central and most important temple in Lhasa, attracting thousands of pilgrims a day.

The Temple was built on the former site of a lake. According to the legend, the lake site was chosen after many failed attempts to build a temple in the region. Prior to this, every time a temple was built, it would collapse. Confused by this phenomenon, Princess Bhrikuti turned to Wen Cheng of the Tang Dynasty (and wife of the Tibetan king) for help. Being a learned woman, Wen Cheng told the Princess that the geography of Tibet was very much like a hag, with the lake at the heart. In order to build the temple, Wen Cheng advised they must demolish the hag by filling and leveling the lake using 1,000 sheep to carry soil from a mountain far away. When the temple was done, it was called Ra-Sa-Vphrul-Snang ('ra' meaning sheep and 'sa' meaning earth in Tibetan) to commemorate those sheep.

Barkhor Street runs around the temple where pilgrims circumnavigate amongst the shops and tourists. For these images, please see the gallery: Faces of Tibet ( https://pbase.com/lcurran/faces_of_tibet)

Yak Butter Vendors	Worshippers in Front of Jokhang Temple	XIMG_3201.jpg	Jokhang Temple Prayer Wheels
Pilgrims Lined Up at Jokhang Temple	XIMG_3224.jpg	XIMG_3233.jpg	XIMG_3234.jpg
Jokhang Temple Inner Courtyard	Guardian	XIMG_3242.jpg	XIMG_3249.jpg
XIMG_3253.jpg	Potala Palace from Jokhang Temple	Square in Front of Jokhang Temple	Sacred Buddhist Symbols - The Wheel of Dhamma and the Deer at Benares
Counting the Offerings	XIMG_3278.jpg	XIMG_3282.jpg	Large Prayer Wheel in Jokhang Temple
Face Masks	Yak Butter	Inner Courtyard	Teeth
XIMG_3350.jpg	Burning Juniper Incense	Worshippers Outside Jokhang Temple

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