Norbu Lingka

The Norbu Lingka or Jewel Park is the summer palace for success Dalai Lama. In the 18th century the 7th Dalai Lama Kelsang Gyaltso took treatment bath in a spring here and soon a palace was built for him , which is called the Kelsang podrang. There is also a smaller palace called Uyap podrang and this was used by the Dalai Lama when they watch Tibetan opera dance during the Shouten or Yoghurt Festival and other events.   The second major palace is called Chensel Podrang which was built during the 13th Dalai Lama , Thupten Gyaltso’s time.

The Takten Mingyure Podrang is the newest palace ,built in the early 1950s for the 14th Dalai Lama. Inside there is an impressive well painting that shows a complete history of Tibet starting from human creation, the first kings ,and the main events and figures in Tibetan history