page_title: Pargo Kaling
hierarchical_section_title: Pargo Kaling
caption_attribution_description: Gateway to Lhasa taken on the British expedition to Tibet, 1904
context_page_description: The Pargo Kaling was a large chorten straddling across the road leading from Drepung between the Potala's Red Hill and the Iron Hill at Lhasa, Tibet, and containing a through-passage or archway for people and animals. It formed the "Western Gate" of the city and led into the village of Shol. It was destroyed during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in 1967, but the Lhasa authorities had it rebuilt in 1995.
context_section_description: The Pargo Kaling (Tibetan: བར་སྒོ་བཀག་གླིང, Wylie: bar sgo bkag gling) was a large chorten straddling across the road leading from Drepung between the Potala's Red Hill (Marpori) and the Iron Hill (Chagpori) at Lhasa, Tibet, and containing a through-passage or archway for people and animals. It formed the "Western Gate" of the city and led into the village of Shol. It was destroyed during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in 1967, but the Lhasa authorities had it rebuilt in 1995.
caption: Photo of Lhasa's Western Gateway taken during the British expedition to Tibet, in 1903-1904.
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