The Treasury of Lives

Andre Alexander, The Temples of Lhasa

Rabsel Tsenkhang is a small protector chapel, a three storey stone temple, in Lhasa. Tradition associates the temple with the reign of King Songtsen Gampo and the founding of the Tsuklakhang. It was rebuilt during the time of the Twelfth Dalai Lama in the nineteenth century and entrusted to the care of Sera Me College.