Yumbu LhaKhang

The Yumbu Lhakhang palace was built for the first Tibetan king in the 2nd century B.C. and may have been the oldest structure in Tibet before being mostly destroyed during the cultural revolution. In the 1960s, the Yumbu Lhakhang was rebuilt and beautifully redecorated. The Yumbu Lkakhang is revered by pilgrims as the location of the first appearance of Buddhism in Tibet. According to Tibetan legend, during the reign of the 28th king Lha Thothori Nyantsen in the 5th century, the first Buddhist Sutra to enter Tibet fell from the sky onto the roof of Yumbu Lhakhang together with a small golden stupa and a jewel.