dation, it contains representatives of nearly all the
recognised sects in Lamaism, which are numerous and
jealous, though not vitally opposed to each other in
doctrine. A curious custom, however, is, that when
the Nying-mas or Red Cap communities in Palkhor
choide'worship with the Gelukpas the former make the
Th,e eastern part of the town of Gyantse.
not inconsiderable concession of wearing the yellow cap
instead of their own distinctive red one.
The other point, which is perhaps of little interest,’
is the legend that the great chorten or caitya outside the
central temple was copied from the well-known temple of
Buddh-Gaya long before the restorer’s hand had obscured
some of the characteristic features of the latter.
This legend is, as a matter of fact, wholly untrue. There A bird’s eye view of Gyantse from the top of the citadel of the jong. The main street is divided by a
long “ mendang.” The Palkhor choide enclosed in its wall fills the upper end of the picture. *■
