The Temples of Lhasa, © Andre Alexander
The Jebumgang temple was built at the end of the nineteenth century by the then regent of Tibet, the Ninth Demo Ngawang Lobzang Trinle Rabgye. The name refers to the 100,000 clay mould figures of Je Tsongkhapa that were once contained in a stupa. When the stupa collapsed, Ngawang Lobzang Trinle Rabgye built the temple to contain the 100,000 tsatsa. The Thirteenth Dalai Lama's government entrusted the care of the Jebumgang temple to the Potala's Namgyel Dratsang.
