page_title: Pabonka Hermitage
section_title: Palden Lhamo Cave
hierarchical_section_title: Pabonka Hermitage / Monastic structure / Palden Lhamo Cave
caption_attribution_description: English: Tibetan King Srongtsong Gampo and his wives, Princess Bhrikuti of Nepal (viewer's left) and Princess Wencheng of China (viewer's right). Français&#160;: Le Roi du Tibet Songtsen Gampo et ses femmes, la princesse Bhrikuti du Népal (à gauche) et la Princess Wencheng de Chine (à droite).
context_page_description: Pabonka Hermitage, also written Pawangka, is a historical hermitage, today belonging to Sera Monastery, about 8 kilometres northwest of Lhasa in the Nyang bran Valley on the slopes of Mount Parasol in Tibet.
  Founded by Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century, it is currently the largest and most important of the Sera hermitages and is the starting point for the “Sixth-Month Fourth-Day” of the Sera Mountain Circumambulation Circuit pilgrimage.
context_section_description: Up the hill from the hermitage, past a group of chortens, is Palden Lhamo Cave, a cave known to have been a meditation chamber of Songstan Gampo himself. Inside the cave are statues of Songtsen Gampo and his two wives. It also has a rock carving of Palden Lhamo, the protectress.
caption: Songtsen Gampo (centre), Princess Wencheng (right) and Bhrikuti Devi of Nepal (left)
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