Tibet Oral History Project
Karma Lamthon
Prayer wheels and shops around the Jokhang
Karma Lamthon remembers mornings spent circumambulating and days visiting temples. Around the Jokhang, prayer wheels stood beside shops, while other traders displayed goods on wooden boards. His recollection offers a close view of worship and commerce sharing the streets of the Barkhor.
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About this interview
- Birth region
- Kham, Tibet
- Work
- Monk
- Age at interview
- 88
- Left Tibet
- 1959
- Interview / catalogue date
- 2013-12-27
Editorial introduction based on the English transcript, not a quotation or a reviewed Tibetan translation.
Sources & credits
Original interview and transcript: Tibet Oral History Project. Rights remain with the source and respective holders.
Introduction references: PDF p. 16.