Tibet May 2007
Makara, or chu srin in Tibetan, a composite water-monster to drain away rainwater. With lower jaw of a crocodile, trunk of an elephant, scales of fish, horns of a dragon, located at the corners of the roof of Takten Migyu Potrang, or New Summer Palace of the 14th Dalai Lama, at Norbulingka, founded by the 7th Dalai Lama in 1755, Lhasa, Tibet, China.
Photo ID: gS000907
Created: May 30, 2007
Author: Paul Skelcher
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Photo size: 10.0 Mpixels (28.7 MB uncompressed) - 3872x2592 pixels (12.9x8.6 in / 32.8x21.9 cm at 300 ppi)
Published in: Summer Palace of Dalai Lama