The almost vanished chörten of Alchi Shangrong was one of the subjects of an article presenting an unusual, rather Central-Tibetan, painting style of the 13th century in Ladakh. While for the article I only had black and white documentation taken in 1994 this documentation is from 1998 and in colour.
- "On an unusual painting style in Ladakh”, in The Inner Asian International Style 12th–14th Centuries, eds. D.E. Klimburg-Salter & Eva Allinger, Papers Presented at Panel of the 7th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Graz 1995, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1998: 151–69.
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The almost collapsed 13th century chörten of Alchi Shangrong.
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Lantern ceiling of the Alchi Shangrong chörten.
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Lantern ceiling of the Alchi Shangrong chörten.
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Detail of the once completely painted lantern ceiling of the Alchi Shangrong chörten.
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East wall of the Shangrong chörten with Vairocana in the centre flanked by two Bodhisattvas, Shakyamuni and a priest.
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Vairocana flanked by two Bodhisattvas on the east wall.
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Bodhisattva to the proper right of Vairocana on the east wall.
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Bodhisattva to the proper left of Vairocana on the east wall.
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