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	RAIDER.PLANET-TIBET
		Construction of the present palace began in 1645 during the reign of the fifth Dalai Lama and by 1648 the Potrang Karpo, or White Palace, was completed.
		The Potala Palace is an immense structure, its interior space being in excess of 130,000 square meters.
		The palace is divided into the "white palace," which is primarily used for administrative and residential purposes, and the "red palace," which houses the important spiritual areas.
	raiderplanet.tripod.com /potala.htm (424 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.
		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 twentieth century.
		On the north side of this hall in the Red Palace is the holiest shrine of the Potala.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Potala_Palace (1521 words)

	Potala Palace China - China tourist & travel guide for Potala Palace, China
		The construction of the Potala Palace was initiated by Tibetan King Songtsan Gambo for his bride, the Tang Dynasty Princess Wencheng.
		Most fascinating about the Potala Palace are the Buddhist statues of various size made of copper, gold or silver, which are unique and exquisite in shape, excellent in craftsmanship, and lifelike.
		Mounting the top of the Potala Palace, one has a bird's eye view of the various cupolas sparking under the brilliant sunrays, the distant surrounding mountains with rivers flowing through, and the ancient Lhasa City.
	www.orientaltravel.com /province/city/area/Potala_Palace.htm (607 words)

	Tibet Travel: Potala Palace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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
		Situated on the Maburi Hill northwest of Lhasa, the Potala Palace is a winter palace for the successive Dalai lamas and the political center of Tibet when religion was integrated with politics.
		It is a symbol of the unity of the Hans and Tibetans.
		The Potala Palace was constructed on the hillside and was elevated gradually.
	www.100megsfree4.com /222/view/view5.htm (653 words)

	Potala Palace - tips by travel authority Howard Hillman
		This massive palace (now a museum) was once the winter religious and political seat of Tibet under the leadership of the Dalai Lama.
		The view from the Potala Palace's roof and balconies is spectacular.
		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 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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.
		But beyond this, the palace was also the seat of the government of Tibet, a central site for the kingdom's official ceremonies, a school for advanced religious studies for outstanding monks, and an office building for the senior bureaucracy.
	www.khandro.net /place_tibet_potala1.htm (2714 words)

	China - Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa.
		The Potala Palace, winter palace of the Dalai Lama since the 7th century, symbolizes Tibetan Buddhism and its central role in the traditional administration of Tibet.
		The wall of the palace was painted to white to convey peace and quiet.
		The Potala Palace in Lhasa is assumed to be the biggest building of the world, its size being only competed by the Parliament Building in Budharest (Romania).
	worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk /frame-ChinaPotala.htm (847 words)

	History Tibet - Lhasa; Potala Palace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Potala Palace, symbol of Lhasa, is on the top of the Potala Hill.
		The palace, 117 meters tall and 40 meters wide, has towering buildings with golden roofs and a group of huge castle palaces, which is divided into white and red palaces for the color of their walls.
		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)

	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)

	The Potala Palace
		The Goddess of Mercy, the principal statue of the Potala Palace.
		The Potala Palace, with its thousand halls, was built by Songtsan Gambo, king and founder of the Tubo Kingdom, in honor of his marriage to Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
		The Potala Palace is the central shrine of Tibetan Buddhism, the symbol of Tibet, and the symbol of the Tibetan people.
	www.sino-cs.ac.uk /html/Heritage/h_bdl.htm (1030 words)

	Potala Palace, the jewel of Tibet, overrun with tourists - www.phayul.com
		Potala Palace, the jewel of Tibet, overrun with tourists - www.phayul.com
		The difficult task of safeguarding the palace is likely to become even harder, with the opening on July 1 of a new railway linking Tibet, the so-called "roof of the world", to 1.3 billion people in China proper.
		The palace, first built in the seventh century and used as a winter residence of the Dalai Lamas, was mostly rebuilt in 1645 and is now a state museum.
	www.phayul.com /news/article.aspx?id=13267 (702 words)

	Asia on the Matrix: Potala Palace in Tibet
		Lhasa's Potala Palace was the winter residence of the Dalai Lama and once served as both as the seat of government for Tibet and a religious center for Tibetan Buddhism.
		The lower and outer portions of the palace are known as the "White Palace" and served as the administrative and government offices.
		Tibet Lhasa Rural Tibet Potala Palace Jokhang Temple Drepung Monastery Sera Thekchenling Monastery Samye Monastery Tashilhunpo and Khumbum
	www.on-the-matrix.com /asia/potala_palace.asp (356 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.
		The Potala Palace deserves the title of art gallery and museum; it is also a symbol of the wisdom and power of the Tibetan people.
	www.regenttour.com /chinaplanner/lxa/lxa-sights-potala.htm (308 words)

	palace.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Potala Palace was built by King Srong-tsan-gam-po and Princess Wen-Cheng in the Seventh Century.
		The original palace was largely destroyed in the medieval era.
		Potala was supposed to be the residence of Avalokitesvara or Guan-Yin who is suppose to be the father of Tibetan and reincarnated as King Srong-tsan-gam-po.
	omni.cc.purdue.edu /~wtv/tibet/palace.html (94 words)

	Inside Potala
		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 (1342 words)

	Potala Palace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Potala palace holds a unique honor among Tibet's monasteries however; all Tibetans must make the journey, by any method of transportation (which usually means "by foot"), to the Potala palace every year, to pray.
		In the foreground, are the remains of a small village which surrounded the Potala palace.
		The village has largely been torn down around the Potala palace; one reason for the demolition was to make space for the large plaza that was built by the Chinese in front of the Potala palace.
	www.russbo.com /china/potala_palace.htm (1535 words)

	The potala palace tour, Tibet tour, Tour in Tibet, Tibet tour operator
		The Potala held the offices of government, a huge printing house at its base where Buddhist scriptures were handprint from woodblock, and a seminary to train government officials, run by the elite order of monks of Namgyal Monastery who surrounded the god-king.
		The White Palace was built in the lifetime of the Fifth Dalai Lama, then extended to its present size by the Thirteenth Dalai Lama in the early 20th century.
		The central Yellow-painted courtyard, or Deyangshar, of the White Palace is reached from the East Portal by a broad corridor that climbs upward between thick walls to an entrance with hanging drums.
	www.manang.com /tibet/introduction_lhasa/the_potala_palace.php (1802 words)

	Tibet and the Potala Palace ~ From Riches to Ruins
		China heralds the Potala Palace as a magnificent trophy "liberated" from Tibet's medieval theocracy, from where generations of "reincarnated" Dalai Lamas ruled through a repressive, "superstitious" system.
		China insists the missing one million Tibetans actually perished from epidemics and poverty under the neglectful reign of the dalai lamas, before Chinese communists arrived in the 1950s, and the population statistics were then juggled by the Dalai Lama and the West.
		Tibetans revere the Potala Palace as the place where the Dalai Lama's spirit continues to blossom, despite his self-exile in India.
	www.escapeartist.com /efam/40/Tibet.html (1011 words)

	Virtual tour of Potala Palace, Tibet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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)

	Photos of Potala palace photos - Pictures of Potala palace Pictures
		The Potala palace was built during the time of Songtsan Gampo in the 7th century.
		In the 17th century the 5th Dalai Lama extended the palace to it's present size, he also made it into his residence as well as the main political and religious center of Tibet, which it has remained until today.
		Photography inside the palace is strictly prohibited (unless you are the personal guest of one of the high level military officers stationed in the area) and hence not many photos exist of the inside of the palace.
	www.ehabweb.net /potala.html (198 words)

	The Potala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Although this palace was burned down by an invading Chinese army during the reign of his successor, there are two rooms in the Potala the supposedly date from this time.
		The White Palace functioned as the traditional seat of government, and the winter residence of the Dalai Lamas.
		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.
	www.everesttrekking.com /tibet/Potala.html (424 words)

	Dalai Lamas' Ancestral Tibetan Home Needs "Urgent Repair" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Potala Palace, witness to the rise and fall of many dynasties, is in urgent need of repair.
		The director of the administrative department of the Potala Palace, Qiangba Gesang, said the main duties of the palace's 69 lamas were to look after the building and its contents and take part in Buddhist rituals.
		The palace is the official residence of the Dalai Lama.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2001/08/0829_wirepotalapalace.html (527 words)

	Potala Palace (Bùdála Gong) \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Lhasa \| Frommers.com
		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.
		You next enter the Red Palace, the spiritual center and home to the remains of all the Dalai Lamas (except Dalai Lama VI, who was fonder of wenches than worship, and was eventually chased into exile by the Mongols).
	www.frommers.com /destinations/lhasa/A32946.html (640 words)

	Tibet Potala Palace Tour: Sightseeing in Tibet, Tibet Cultural Tours
		Three days in Lhasa allow you to explore the wonders of soaring and gilded palaces, temples and monasteries that are treasures of both religion and art.
		Day 2 First you will visit the Potala Palace of the Dalai Lama, a treasure of Tibetan culture was, till 1965 the seat of both religion and politics in Tibet and quite possibly, the singularly most important building in all Tibet.
		It was built in the seventh century by Tsongtsen Gampo as a fort and later renovated by the fifth Dalai Lama in the seventeenth century to its present specifications.
	www.nepalmakalu.com /potala.htm (371 words)

	Tibet restores "Mini-Potala Palace"(12/22/05) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		For hundreds of years the palace was a place of government and worship for the elite of Tibetan society.
		The original Potala Palace in Lhasha was built in the 7th century but was destroyed by fire after it was hit by lightening.
		Sangtsu Tsezung Palace was the last and largest of the 13 administrative centers to be built and therefore benefited from the skills of many experienced crafts people.
	www.china-embassy.org /eng/xw/t227801.htm (615 words)

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