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	Potala Tourist Home.
		Potala Tourist Home is a family running hotel in Kathmandu that offers friendly and family atmosphere as well as Tibetan hospitality.
		No whether you are on business trip or a student travelling for research, Potala Tourist Home has varieties of rooms to meet your requirement and budget.
		Potala Tourist Home offers an affordable and comfortable accommodation along with clean & quite environment at the heart of Thamel in Kathmandu, Nepal.
	www.potalatouristhome.com (100 words)

	Potala Palace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Potala Palace (Tibetan: པོ་ཏ་ལ; Wylie: Po ta la, Traditional Chinese: 布達拉宮; Simplified Chinese: 布达拉宫; pinyin: Bùdálā Gōng), located in Lhasa, Tibet, was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala, India after a failed uprising in 1959.
		This central member of Potala is called the "red palace" from its crimson colour, which distinguishes it from the rest.
		On the north side of this hall in the Red Palace is the holiest shrine of the Potala.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Potala_Palace (1541 words)

	Potala Palace - Lhasa's theocratic seat of government - Tibet cultural information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		This was smaller than its 5-square-mile (13-square-km) successor, which was named the Potala ("Pure Land," or "High Heavenly Realm"), after Mount Potalaka in India, the abode of Tibet's patron saint, the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara of whom the Dalai Lama is the incarnation.
		The Potala was then built as the imposing and self-confident expression of the new theocracy.
		When you contemplate the Potala, this massive, beautiful yet forbidding structure, it is evident that its construction was a gigantic undertaking, yet one that has bequeathed to the world one of its most unique architectural treasures.
	www.imperialtours.net /potala.htm (483 words)

	Potala Palace getting face-lift
		Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, the residence of Dalai Lamas since the seventh century, is being whitewashed for God-Descending Day on November 20.
		Wangduo, deputy section chief of Potala Palace Administration, said the whitewashing, which began on October 29 - the fourth day of the ninth month on the traditional Tibetan calendar - was necessary because the outer walls of the palace became corroded during the rainy season this year.
		The Potala Palace was first built under the rein of Tibetan King Songtsa Gambo in the seventh century, during the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
	www.chinadaily.net /en/doc/2003-11/10/content_280153.htm (245 words)

	RAIDER.PLANET-TIBET
		The Potala Palace is an immense structure, its interior space being in excess of 130,000 square meters.
		Fulfilling numerous functions, the Potala was first and foremost the residence of the Dalai Lama and his large staff.
		In addition, it was the seat of Tibetan government, where all ceremonies of state were held; it housed a school for religious training of monks and administrators; and it was one of Tibet's major pilgrimage destinations because of the tombs of past Dalai Lamas.
	raiderplanet.tripod.com /potala.htm (424 words)

	Tibet Travel: Potala Palace
		Potala, the world-famous architectural wonder is built on the escarpments of Red Hill and rises high above the valley floor.
		The Potala Palace became the chief residence of the Dalai Lama from the middle of the seventeenth century replacing the Drepung Monastery as the center of political power.
		Last Update : 8/16/2006 1:49:49 AM Potala Palace is mainly comprised of the Red Palace that occupies the center of the cluster of buildings together with the White Palace that forms the eastern and western sides of the complex.
	www.tibettrip.com /lhasa/potala.htm (632 words)

	potala palace - the landmark of lhasa city
		Potala palace is now the symbolic construction of Tibet, and also the Lhasa city.
		Potala was originally built on a hill during years from 633 to 640 A.D when the Tibet king Songzangganbo decided to marry his wife, a Tang dynasty princess.
		Potala and Lhasa lost its position to be the Tibet capital until the Gelu pa order sprung to power, when the fifth Dalhai Lhama got the recoglition from Qing dynasty in politics, he rebuilt potala to be the centre of the whole Tibet.
	www.tibetmap.net /visits/Potala.htm (292 words)

	Buddhist Channel \| Archaeology \| Potala Palace plaza to begin facelift in next March
		Standing on the Moburi (Red) Mountain, in the northern part of Lhasa, the imposing and dignified Potala Palace is the gem of Tibetan architecture and a treasure house of paintings and religious art.
		Built of wood and stone, the Potala Palace was constructed layer by layer against a hilly backdrop gradually rising along with elevation of the land.
		The Potala Palace was first built by the Tibetan King Songtsa Gambo in the 7th century during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), but it was later destroyed in wars and natural disasters.
	www.buddhistchannel.tv /index.php?id=4,317,0,0,1,0 (426 words)

	Potala Palace
		The Potala Palace, located in Lhasa, Tibet, was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala after a failed uprising in 1959.
		Built on the side of Potala Hill, Potala Palace, with its vast inward-sloping walls broken only in the upper parts by straight rows of many windows, and its flat roofs at various levels is not unlike a fortress in appearance.
		Tins central meniber of Potala is called the red palace from its crimson color, which distinguishes it from the rest.
	www.abacci.com /wikipedia/topic.aspx?cur_title=Potala_Palace (272 words)

	Potala Palace, Potala Palace Tibet, History Of The Potala Palace
		The history of the Potala Palace Tibet begins in the seventh century when King Songtsan Gambo of the Tubo dynasty ordered the construction of the 999 room palace to commemorate his wedding to the princesses of Nepal and Tang.
		Throughout the history of the Potala Palace Tibet, the red section has been used for religious purposes, while the white served as the living quarters for the Dalai Lamas, and where they would handle their political affairs.
		Potala Palace is also the resting place of many iron, bronze, gold and silver pieces, as well as sacrificial instruments from the same period.
	www.destination360.com /asia/china/potala-palace.php (547 words)

	News & Views - China Begins Restoration of Tibet's Potala Palace (6/26/2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Potala Palace is often regarded as the key landmark in Lhasa.
		The first large scale renovation on the Potala Palace was carried out in 1989 at a cost of 50 million yuan and took six years to complete.
		Chongba Geshang, 78, a lama and a Potala Palace architect, said that the restoration is to be carried out in full accordance with Tibetan rituals and he is satisfied with the government.
	www.chinahouston.org /news/2002626070754.html (641 words)

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		The Potala Palace was begun to be built by the Fifth Dalai Lama in 1645.
		The current Dalai Lama lived at the Potala until he fled in 1959 when he was a teenager.
		The Potala can be viewed from all over the city and from outside of the city as one approaches it.
	www.stormloader.com /users/ruthie/potala.html (443 words)

	China Trip 2000 - Part 9 - The Potala
		The Potala was originally built by Songsten Gampo in the 7th century and expanded to its present size by the 5th Dalai Lama (The Great Fifth) in the 17th century.
		Photography inside the Potala is either not allowed or allowed only with payment of a huge fee (from 50 to 90 Yuan depending on which chapel or gallery) and it's not a one time fee.
		The view of Lhasa and the mountains beyond from the roof of the Potala is spectacular.
	world.std.com /~jegan/cmm009.htm (1311 words)

	The Potala Palace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Perched upon Marpo Ri hill, 130 meters above the Lhasa valley, the Potala Palace rises a further 170 meters and is the greatest monumental structure in all of Tibet.
		From as early as the eleventh century the palace was called Potala.
		The Potala's most venerated statue, the Arya Lokeshvara, is housed inside the Phapka Lhakhang, and it draws thousands of Tibetan pilgrims each day.
	www.sacredsites.com /asia/tibet/potala_palace.html (514 words)

	Inside Potala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The main entrance to the Potala, that is, after you ascend the two sets of great stairs on the outside of the building.
		And this part of the Potala that you see here, which lies to the right of the main structure as you view a complete photo of the Potala, is where the Dalai Lama had resided.
		A simple "outside" hallway, deep "inside" the confines of the Potala, which leads from the sacred areas where the previous Dalai Lama's are buried, (and where public prayer services are held), and the Dalai Lama's private residence, with it's private temple areas.
	www.russbo.com /china/inside_the_potala_palace.htm (1373 words)

	Potala 2001
		Since the palace was built to serve various and sundry functions, religious and secular, it reflects the diverse facets of the Tibetan elite during the period prior to the Chinese invasion.
		The central purpose of the Potala Palace was to service as a home for the Dalai Lama and his staff of advisers and aides.
		The looting of the treasures of the Potala
	www.khandro.net /place_tibet_potala1.htm (2703 words)

	Pondering Potala Palace -- AsiaPacificUniverse.com
		Potala Palace sits towering into the sky in the old Tibetan capital of Lhasa.
		Formerly the main residence of the Dalai Lama until the Buddhist leader fled Tibet in 1959, the palace is perched at an altitude of 3,700 meters.
		After centuries of construction, the Potala Palace emerged as a massive structure with an interior exceeding 130,000 square meters.
	asiapacificuniverse.com /features/potala.htm (335 words)

	History Tibet - Lhasa; Potala Palace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, covers an area of 544 square kilometers and is "The Land of Gods" in Tibetan, sits on the north bank of River Lhasa, a tributary of the Yarlung Tsangbo River, at an altitude of 3,700 meters.
		On one bright summer day, Songtsan Gampo, leader of the Tubo tribe that had risen to power in the Yarlung River Valley, was struck by the perilous position of an area flanked by two steep mountains, while bathing in the Lhasa River, and decided that this was to be the home of his kingdom.
		Potala Palace is also a world of murals, which are painted in hundreds of halls and corridors.
	www.cnhomestay.com /city/tibet/history_tibet.htm (565 words)

	Potala Palace - tips by travel authority Howard Hillman
		The view from the Potala Palace's roof and balconies is spectacular.
		The current building was constructed in the 17th century on the foundation ruins of a fortress palace built a thousand years earlier.
		The Potala Palace was the world's tallest occupied building from 1653 to 1889.
	www.hillmanwonders.com /potala_palace/potala_palace.htm (370 words)

	Potala Palace (Bùdála Gong) \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Lhasa \| Frommers.com
		Commissioned by Dalai Lama V (17th c.), the Potala was built around the fortress of King Songtsen Gampo, which had stood on Mount Mapori for a millennium.
		Both the ancient kings and the Dalai Lamas are said to be manifestations of this bodhisattva, feminized in the Chinese Buddhist pantheon as Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy.
		Tibetologist Guiseppe Tucci saw the Potala as an "outgrowth of the rock underlying it, as irregular and whimsical as nature's work," and it was not a simple project.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/lhasa/A32946.html (645 words)

	Lama Firemen Guard Potala Palace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		He is one of the six trained firemen selected from 60-strong lamas living in the Potala Palace, the residence of the Dalai Lama since the seventh century in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, southwest China.
		The Potala, which was put on the UNESCO list of World Heritage in 1994, is one of the most famous Tibetan Buddhist lamaseries and home to numerous valuable relics.
		The Potala is vulnerable to fire with its wooden-earth structure and the presence of large amounts of silk- and cotton- fabrics, the lama said.
	english.people.com.cn /english/200104/26/print20010426_68641.html (377 words)

	Potala Palace China - China tourist & travel guide for Potala Palace, China
		Located in Lhasa City of the Tibet Autonomous Region, and first constructed in the 7th century, the Potala Palace is the most comprehensive art treasure house of cultural relics in Tibetan area of China.
		The Potala Palace is an enormous "Art Museum" filled with dazzling array of paintings.
		According to the autobiography of Dalai Lama of the fifth generation, the creation of Potala murals was started in 1648 A. by 63 painters from various parts of Tibet and completed 10 years later.
	www.orientaltravel.com /province/city/area/Potala_Palace.htm (607 words)

	Virtual tour of Potala Palace, Tibet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The old Potala Palace was built in 7th century.
		The present Potala palace was re-built major after 17 century, particular during Dalai Lama V period.
		The present Potala Palace is 119 meters height with 13 floors.
	www.100gogo.com /tibet/pa1.htm (115 words)

	Potala - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Feature: Potala Palace, holy shrine of Tibetan people, by Zhao Xiaohui, Benba Cering & Zhan Yan.
		Over 2,500 tourists a day to be denied entry to Potala Palace.
		Potala Palace plaza to begin facelift in next March.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc.aspx?id=1E1:x-potala (133 words)

	The Potala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Potala served as the home of successive Dalai Lamas and their monastic staff from the time of the Fifth until the Fourteenth, the present Dalai Lama.
		The Potala was slightly damaged during the Tibetan uprising in 1959, but was spared from further destruction during the cultural revolution by the personal intervention of Chou En Lai.
		When the construction of the Potala was completed, removal of earth used for mortar had left a large depression behind (to the North of) the building.
	www.everesttrekking.com /tibet/Potala.html (424 words)

	The Potala Palace, Lhasa, Regent Tour China
		Little remains of the original Potala Palace of the seventh century, built as a place for meditation by King Songtsen Gampo on the occasion of his marriage to Princess Wencheng of the Tang Court.
		The Potala is divided into two sections--an outer section, the White Palace, and an inner section, the Red Palace, the latter containing the temples and reliquary tombs of the Dalai Lamas.
		At a height of 117 meters, the Potala was the world's tallest building until 20th-century architects designed cityscapes of new buildings that far surpassed the Potala in height--but not in its architectural majesty.
	www.regenttour.com /chinaplanner/lxa/lxa-sights-potala.htm (308 words)

	Potala hub of battle to woo tourists-Rest of World-World-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		That was when Potala was home to a young Dalai Lama, training in worldly and spiritual ways to lead Tibetans.
		Gesang is now the curator of Potala, where his uncle was once an official.
		Potala Palace, from where the Dalai Lama fled in 1959 as the Chinese army marched in to crush a Tibetan uprising, is today again the epicenter of a new battle.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-1924174,prtpage-1.cms (563 words)

	Infocomm - News - EV® systems installed at Potala Palace Square (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Potala Palace Square is an important part of this site, not only as a place for cultural and government activities, but also as a destination for domestic and foreign sightseers.
		Potala Palace Square will extend to 18 hectares after the construction is complete, rejuvenated as a modern, multi-functional square for entertainment, culture, and convention.
		The construction at Potala Palace Square is drawing worldwide attention, and expectations are understandably high for the equipment and facilities used in the project.
	www.infocomm.org /newsnetwork/index.cfm?objectID=9954B06C-A215-448D-9BA3D1552B5046FE (343 words)

	Potala/Tibet "roof of the world"\ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		He was buried in the red part of the Potala Palace.
		From that moment on, all Dalai Lamas lived in the Potala Palace and were also buried there.
		After the construction of the Norbulingka summer palace the Dalai Lamas were living in the summer palace in the summer and in the Potala palace in the winter.
	library.thinkquest.org /25772/site/english/potala.html (370 words)

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