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| | Luri Gompa |
 | | The treasure of Luri is the inner chamber, a rounded space that was hollowed out or enlarged and smoothed within the cave. |
 | | In the center of this chamber is a chorten, six meters high, with painted figures on all sides of its rectangular base, on its dome, and also beneath the ritual parasol atop the dome. |
 | | The Mahasiddhas were historical persons, yogic masters, and their collective name has sometimes been translated as "great adepts." This refers not to a group of scholars but rather to promulgators and practitioners of tantrism, employing ritual and incantation, and legends ascribe magic powers to them. |
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