== History ==The site on which the Potala Palace rises is built over a palace erected by Songtsän Gampo on the Red Hill.
V Lasi so sicer trije glavni griči, ki predstavljajo zaščitnike Tibeta in sicer: Chokpori, leži južno od palače Potala in je duša gore Vajrapani, Pongwari duša Mandžušrija in Marpori, hrib, na katerem stoji palača Potala.