Toling Monastery Central Hall Inner Shrine: Guge King Meeting Atisa

CHINA, Tibet, Ngari; Guge Kingdom

This mural on the west wall of the inner shrine is divided into three distinct registers. The meeting of King Ode of the Guge Kingdom and Atisa is depicted in the upper register. The middle register contains an assembly of monastics and laity, and the lower register is filled with depictions of deities.
King Ode wears a tall hat and an orange robe. He holds prayer beads in his left hand and raises his right hand. Atisa sits beside the king. He is dressed in a red monastic robe and joins his palms in front of his chest. Three lamas sit on the right beside Atisa. A group of women join their palms and look on from the left corner. In the middle register, two diverse crowds of figures gather beside two altars. Below, deities wearing golden crowns join their palms above their heads.