A set of 50 photographs and associated handwritten descriptive notes, acquired from the Imperial Russian Geographical Society in St. Petersburg. The complete notes, "1904 View of Great Tibet", are available at: http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/u?/tibet,94
Yarba ritod. [Z.]
This hermitage is on the way from Lhasa to Gah-ldan [Gah-dan] monastery. There is a cave where the famous Padma- Sambhava is said to have lived for awhile.
"We reached the cell of Padma Sambhava, near which is a chapel called the Upper Lha-khandg of Shetag. The keeper led us to a heavy door under a huge rock; unlocking it we entered the cavern, which is held the most sacred shrine of the Nyingma sect. In it I saw a silver reliquary in which is kept a silver image of the saint, representing him as a boy of twelve. There was a plate before the image filled with rings, earrings, turquoises, pieces of amber, gold and silver coins, the offerings of pilgrims". (p.232)
Das, S. C. (1902). Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet. London: John Murray. Available through Google Books at:
http://books.google.com/books?id=2E4ap0j5gZwC&pg=PA1&dq
