The Chakpori Hill

Located behind the white pagoda on the opposite of Potala Plalace, the Chakpori hill is with altitude of 3725 m. In late 17th century, Desi Sangye Gyatso established the Tibetan Medical School on this hill in order to develop the Tibetan medicine. Because inside the temple on this hill, was enshrined with the sapphire Buddhas sculpture of the Medicine Buddha. The cliffs are carved with vivid images of Buddha and the statues of deities and sutras. In the southeast slope on the half way to the grotto whose inside are enshrined with dozens of stone sculptures with vivid images which really express the artistic beauty of stone carving in Tibet.