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Photographs in Semodo (Lhochok)

Shrine. The adobe-block walls of the Lamaist occupation (Phase II) behind the stone walls of the archaic cultural horizon (Phase I), Galo Puk (<i>gwa lo phug</i>). The adobe-block walls of Galo Puk (<i>gwa lo phug</i>) (Phase II) and the much more substantial outlying stone structures of the archaic cultural horizon (Phase I). Phase I structural traces at Galo Puk (<i>gwa lo phug</i>). The island’s central shrine. The sacred mountain Nyenchen Tanglha (<i>gnyan chen thang lha</i>, highest in the range) is visible on the far side of Namtso (<i>gnam mtsho</i>). The east side of the Lukhangché (<i>klu khang che</i>). The roots of a massive wall bounding the escarpment. The island, across frozen Namtso (<i>gnam mtsho</i>) from Rikngado (<i>rigs lnga do</i>).

Semodo (Lhochok) in Places


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