India
State of Himāchal Pradesh
Lāhul and Spiti (district)
Spiti
Region Sham
Tabo
Tabo gtsug lag khang (Main Temple)
Tabo skor lam (Ambulatory)
Tabo skor lam: outer walls
Tabo skor lam: north wall
Tabo skor lam: north wall, lower section

Tabo skor lam: north wall, lower section

The narrative composition is covering the lower part of the outer east, south and north walls of the cella ambulatory. The continuous painted frieze starts from the left of the entrance to the cella, finishing at his right. The theme has not yet been deciphered. However Ponweiser (Ponweiser 2007: 151-166) has proposed that the story is a symbolic eulogy to the Bodhisattva Ye-shes-'od and his quest for enlightenment. The narrative units are accompanied by framed inscriptional panels, which are, however empty.

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Description Edit Objectdescription #1: (540)
Type	painting (classification) :: on architectural support :: mural painting :: narrative painting
Name	narrative
Current Location	Tabo skor lam: south wall
Cultural Affiliation	religious : Buddhist : Second Diffusion
Material	paint (pigment)
Chronology
Period	11th century A.D.
Chronology notes	Phase II, Group (Klimburg-Salter 1997: 61)
Dimensions
Height	42.00
Preservation details
Restored	no
Notes on preservation	The first scenes (80 centimeters) of the narrative on the north wall are destroyed. Particulary noteworthy on the west and north walls are the fragments of the first phase of painting underneath the present 11th-century narrative murals.