Yumbu Lhakhang Palace 

 

Yumbu Lhakhang Palace is located on the Tashi Tsere Hill, about 5 km to the southeast of Nedong County of Lhoka.  Female deer means Yumbu because the Tashi Tsere Hill appears like a female deer, and Lhakhang means holy palace.

The palace built in the second century B.C. and it is the first palace in Tibet built for the first king of Tibet ‘Nyatri Tsenpo’. The location of the palace is on the southern side of Tsetang, the prefecture seat of Lhoka. Originally, only the central building was built as a palace. However, the chapels we can see now were constructed later. In addition, the golden roof built during the time of the fifth Dalai Lama. It was the main palace from the first to the 28th king of Tibet.