Lhasa - façade of the Potala Palace by Mark Sukhija

By: Mark Sukhija

The Potala Palace in Lhasa is probably one of the worlds most iconic and distinctive buildings. Thirteen stories in two palaces (the Red Palace for religous affairs and White Palace for political affairs) sit atop a hill.

Comprised of 1,000 rooms, 10,000 shrines and 200,000 statues, the Potala Palace was the primary residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled into exile in Dharamsala, India.

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About Mark Sukhija

Mark Sukhija is a travel and wine blogger, photographer, tourism researcher, hat-touting, white-shirt-wearing, New Zealand fantatic and eclipse chaser. Aside from at least annual visits to New Zealand, Mark has seen eclipses in South Australia (2002), Libya (2006), China (2009) and Queensland (2012). After twelve years in Switzerland, Mark moved back to London in 2012. You can follow Mark on Twitter or Facebook