the Ancient Monastery of dangkhar

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1 GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY_ Institut of Architectural Theory, Art History and cultural Studies

2 Preface Fig. 01: View of the monastery complex from south; LN 2010 Preface 1

3 preface Fig. 02: The village of Dangkhar with the ancient and the new monastery; DB 2010 ancient MONASTERY NEW MONASTERY preface 2

4 The fortress-monastery of Brag mkhar: An anamnesis Fig. 03: Panorama picture of the monastery complex and the old part of the village with the castle of the Nono on its top; LN 2010 The fortress-monastery of Brag mkhar: An anamnesis 3

5 The fortress-monastery of Brag mkhar: An anamnesis 4

6 Fig. 06: The fortress-monastery of Brag mkhar. July 2010 Fig. 04: The old village of Brag mkhar and the Spiti River. October 2008 Fig. 05: The four mchod rten and the skylight on the roof of the du khang. July 2010 The fortress-monastery of Brag mkhar: An anamnesis 5

7 Fig. 07: Tsong kha pa ( ). Wall painting, Upper temple, Brag mkhar. July 2010 The fortress-monastery of Brag mkhar: An anamnesis 6

8 Building Description UPPER TEMPLE TOWER MONASTERY MAIN BUILDING MUSEUM KITCHEN Upper Temple Tower Monastery main building GATE STUPA museum kitchen Fig. 08: Site plan; TU Graz 2010 Gate stupa Building Description 7

9 Fig. 09: View of the monastery complex from south-east; CA 2010 Building Description 8

10 Fig. 10: Northeastern view of the monastery complex; LN 2010 Building Description 9

11 Fig. 11: The southern facade of the main building; LN 2010 Building Description 10

12 Old gate stupa Fig. 12: Former appearance of the stupa from the north side; CL 1991 Fig. 13: Present state of the stupa in the year 2010; CA 2010 Fig. 14: Southern side of the stupa with its new painted concrete top; DB 201 Old gate stupa 11

13 Fig. 15: Detail of the wall painting inside the stupa; LN 2010 Old gate stupa 12

14 entrance Fig. 16: Northern side of the monastery; LN 2010 Fig. 17: Entrance to the monastery with the museum on the left side; LN 2010 Fig. 18: Inner courtyard in front of the main building with the museum and the old kitchen; LN 2010 entrance 13

ground storey 2 1 museum 5 3 4 first storey Fig. 19: North-eastern view of the main building; LN 2010 7a 8 7 10 12 11 9 13 6 second storey 19 18 Fig.

15 ground storey 2 1 museum first storey Fig. 19: North-eastern view of the main building; LN a second storey Fig. 20: South-eastern view of the main building; HN third storey Fig. 21: Southern view of the main building; LN entrance 14

16 Fig. 22: Eastern facade of the main building; LN 2010 Fig. 23: Entrance door to the main building; CA 2010 Fig. 24: Inside of the assembly hall on the first floor; DB 2010 entrance 15

17 Fig. 25: Inside of the assembly hall on the first floor with the glazed cabinet-altar accommodating the library in both its side parts and three statues in the central area; DB 2010 entrance 16

18 Fig. 26: Wall paintings on the northern sidewall of the assembly hall; LN 2010 entrance 17

19 Fig. 27: Ante-room on the first floor with the door to the intermediate storey above the assembly hall on the right and the entrance to the tower room on the left side; HN 2010 Fig. 28: The intermediate storey above the assembly hall (16); HN 2010 Fig. 29: Stupas in the back of the room; HN 2010 entrance 18

20 Fig. 30: Side room next to the intermediate storey (17); HN 2010 Fig. 31: Room 19 on the back side; HN 2010 Fig. 32: Room 7a with the rendered door opening to the assembly hall in the first floor; HN 2010 entrance 19

21 Fig. 33: South-western side of the inner courtyard on the third floor; CA 2010 Fig. 34: Entrance to HH Dalai-Lama Residence; CA 2010 Fig. 35: Entrance to the Upper Chapell (left) and Lochen Rinpoche s Residence; CA 2010 entrance 20

22 Fig. 36: Inside of the HH Dalai-Lama Residence; HN 2010 entrance 21

23 Fig. 37: Inside of the Lochen Rinpoche s Residence; HN 2010 entrance 22

24 Fig. 38: The tower above the roof of the monastery; CA 2010 Fig. 39: The roof of the tower; CA 2010 entrance 23

25 Fig. 40: View from the north; CA 2010 Fig. 41: View from the south; LN 1991 Fig. 42: View from south-east; HN 2010 entrance 24

26 Fig. 43: Inside of the Upper Temple; HN 2010 entrance 25

27 Fig. 44: Paintings above the entrance on the northern wall; LN 2010 entrance 26

28 Fig. 45: Detail of the painting in the lower area; LN 2010 entrance 27

29 Fig. 46: View of the old village with the chapel in the middle; HN 2010 Fig. 47: Entrance of the village chapel; LN 2010 Fig. 48: Backside of the chapel; CA 2010 entrance 28

30 Plan documentation Plan documentation 29

31 site plan site plan 30

32 Main Building_ground storey Main Building_ground storey 31

33 Main Building_first storey Main Building_first storey 32

34 Main Building_second storey Main Building_second storey 33

35 Main Building_third storey Main Building_third storey 34

36 Main Building_roof storey Main Building_roof storey 35

37 longitudinal section of the Main Building longitudinal section of the Main Building 36

38 longitudinal section of the Main Building longitudinal section of the Main Building 37

39 cross section of the Main Building cross section of the Main Building 38

40 Tower_Ground storey Tower_Ground storey 39

41 Tower_first storey Tower_first storey 40

42 Tower_second storey Tower_second storey 41

43 Tower_Longitudinal section Tower_Longitudinal section 42

44 upper temple_ground storey upper temple_ground storey 43

45 Upper temple_cross section Upper temple_cross section 44

46 Upper temple_northeast elevation Upper temple_northeast elevation 45

47 Upper temple_southeast elevation Upper temple_southeast elevation 46

48 Upper temple_southwest elevation Upper temple_southwest elevation 47

49 Upper temple_northwest elevation Upper temple_northwest elevation 48

50 general section general section 49

51 north elevation north elevation 50

52 east elevation east elevation 51

53 southwest elevation southwest elevation 52

54 Village Chapel north elevation west elevation south elevation east elevation Village Chapel 53

55 Sustainable restoration measures Fig. 49: The eastern facade of the main building; LN 2010 Sustainable restoration measures 54

25 31 17 19 7 7a 1 cross section 23 24 25 16 19 10 7a longitudinal

56 a 1 cross section a longitudinal section cross section Sustainable restoration measures 55

57 Fig. 50: The roof and the inner court yard of the main building after precipation; CA 2010 Sustainable restoration measures 56

58 Fig. 51: Buildings appearance from north east; LN 2010 Sustainable restoration measures 57

59 Picture Index and Contact Research Project Save Dangkhar Graz University of Technology Faculty of Architecture Institute of Architectural Theory, Art History and Cultural Studies Project manager: DI Carmen Auer Scientific coworkers: a.o.univ-prof. DI Dr. Holger Neuwirth, DI Dieter Bauer, DI Dagmar Ley, Lobsang Nyima Translation: Tsering Dorjee, Gen Pempa, Lobsang Nyima / Bylakuppe Picture index of photographs with initials HN DB CA LN CL Holger Neuwirth Dieter Bauer Carmen Auer Lobsang Nyima Christian Luczanits Contact and further informations Foundation and sponsoring Markus Weisskopf / Basel Graz University of Technology mail to: carmen. auer@tugraz.at / neuwirth@tugraz.at May this publication be a source of basic knowledge for all further research and interpretation and serve as a starting point for all preservation measures to guarantee the future existence of this unique cultural monument. Picture Index and Contact 58

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