Sunday, February 18, 2018

Sacred Tibetan monastery in Lhasa hit by fire

 Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa
A fire broke out at the most important shrine in Tibetan Buddhism - the Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa.

Footage posted online showed flames billowing from the roof and what appeared to be at least one gutted pagoda.
Chinese state media said the blaze started late on Saturday and was soon put out. No casualties were reported.
The extent of damage to the sprawling compound is unclear. State media said there was no damage to cultural relics.
Tibet, the remote and mainly-Buddhist territory known as the "roof of the world", is governed as an autonomous region of China.
 BBC
18/2/18

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