Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1949

Region

Yarlung Valley Region > Tradrug

Accession number

2001.59.13.47.2

Image Dimensions

60 x 90 mm

The Tradrug (Khra 'brug) temple in the Yarlung valley surrounded by trees. There are cultivated fields in the foreground.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print silver

Date Acquired

Donated August 2001

Donated by

The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson

Expedition

Richardson's 1949 tour of the Yarlung and Chyongye valleys

Other Information

Notes on print/mount - 'Yar lung Khra 'brug Lhakhang' is written on the reverse of print in pencil in Richardson's hand and 'Velox' in an oval is stamped in black.

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative album - 'NYEMO. SAMYE. YARLUNG. RGYAL.' is written on the cover of this blue negative album in white in Richardson's hand. [KC 24/3/2006]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on Blue negative album index - No. 47. 'Yarlung Khra brug'.

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Richardson's handlist: 'Blue Album. [No.] 47. 'Khra-'brug temple, see also album 9. 47.'

Other Information - Location: Richardson mentions this temple in High Peaks, Pure Earth , London, Serindia Publications, 1998, p. 318. "Further south [of Rtse tshogs pa] is what is probably the oldest religious building in Yarlung, the much revered Khra-'brug (1949) temple. It is attributed to Srong-brtsan Sgam-po and is mentioned in an edict by Khri Srong-lde-brtsan but may well have undergone enlargement or restoration at different times. It is an echo of what the Lhasa Jo-khang may have originally looked like. The temple stands in a courtyard surrounded by a high, solidly built, red-topped white wall and a large gate-house in which is a small chapel. ...".

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Tradrug temple in the Yarlung valley" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.13.47.2.html>.

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