This colour autochrome by Joseph Rock was taken at the Konkaling monastery.
"Here Tsongkapa, founder of the Yellow reformed sect of lamas, is seen with a favourite disciple on each side. Above, to the left and right, are his four manifestations."
Kham then and now. A photoblog showing how eastern Tibet looked in the 1920s and how the same places and people look now. Based on the explorations of botanist Joseph Rock.
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