Duration: 15 Days
Overview
Potala Palace is located on the Red Mountain in the downtown area of Lhasa. “Potala” is a transliteration of the Sanskrit “Putuo”, which was the island where Arya Avalokiteshvara lived. Potala Palace was built in the 32nd generation of the Zanpu Songtsam Gambo period of the Tubo Dynasty (7th century AD), which was called “Red Hill Palace” at that time, and then gradually destroyed with the decline of the Tubo Dynasty. In the 17th century AD, the Fifth Dalai Lama rebuilt the magnificent palace on the former site of Red Hill Palace, which is called Potala Palace. Since then, it has been the political and religious center of Tibet.