This early 16th-century mural from the region of Dartsedo is the only known ancient group depiction of the Five Scholars of Minyak, five masters who flourished in Minyak Rabgang during the 14th century. Each figure is identified by small captions in headed script. A sixth figure is labeled Khe[pa] chen[po] Drakpa Dorje. The six figures are illustrated uniquely. In particular Rigpa Sengge is said to have been one legged after having been bitten by a snake during his teenage years. The remains of a red poster pasted on the walls during the Cultural Revolution can be spotted in the upper right section of the photograph, which was taken by JB Georges-Picot in 2018.

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