Tibet Guge 07 Tsaparang Red Temple 01 Outside [16 of 45]
Tsaparang’s Red Temple (Lhakhang Marpo) was built around 1470, perhaps 30 years earlier than the White Temple. The murals in this 16m x 20m chapel were repainted around 1630, shortly before the fall of the Guge kingdom. The main statue of Shakyamuni was built of gilded bronze, but alas lays in rubble, destroyed by the Chinese Red Guards.