Idolobha laseLhasa, ogama lakhe lihunyushwe ngokuthi "indawo yonkulunkulu" - inhloko-dolobha yeTibet yasendulo neqondazayo, elahlekile eHimalayas. Njengamanje, ngemuva kwe-Annexia Tibet, China, iLhasa itholakala eChina, ngokuvakasha kwayo kuyadingeka kwimvume ekhethekile evela kubaphathi baseChina. Imithetho yokuthola isixazululo esinjalo ihlala ishintsha, okuhlanganisa kakhulu amathuba okuvakashela iTibet evela eRussia. Ngivakashele iTibet, ngiseNepal. Ngezinhlangano zokuhamba zaseNepalese, ukuthola imvume yokuvakashela iTibet akuyona inkinga enzima.
Indawo emangalisa kakhulu futhi ethokozisayo ye-LHAS, engincoma ngayo ukuvakashela, yisigodlo se-potlala, okwakukhona emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka esetshenziswa yindawo yokuhlala yaseDalai Lam. I-Dalai Lama XIV yasebenza futhi yasebenza lapha, ukusuka lapha yaphoqeleka ukuba ibalethe eNdiya, lapho ayithola khona indawo yokuhlala futhi, kanye nohulumeni waseTibet, iyaqhubeka nokulwela ukuzimela kweTibet.
UPotala Palace, osegqumeni eliphakeme, imibhoshongo phezu kwayo yonke "indawo kaNkulunkulu." Ekudalweni kwayo, ukwakhiwa okuvelele kakhulu futhi okudume kakhulu kwesikhathi sabo, okwamenywa ngokuqondile eNepal, eChina. Eseqenjini, ngokweqiniso, ochwepheshe abahamba phambili baseTibetan bahlanganyela. Umphumela wokuqamba kwabo ngokuhlanganyela kwakuyisigodlo esihle, namuhla esifakiwe kuhlu lwamagugu e-UNESCO World Heritage.
Ekuqaleni, kwakunamakamelo angama-999 esigodlweni, kamuva inani lamakamelo landa futhi inani lazo lalo alaziwa. Kukholakala ukuthi akekho umuntu ongathola wonke amakamelo esigodlo sePotala Palace. Kodwa-ke, ngisho nokufaka umgomo onjalo, akunakwenzeka ukwenza kube nzima, ngoba manje isigodlo sePotala ingumnyuziyamu wombuso waseChina nemithetho ebekiwe evakashelwa yihora elilodwa. Ukuhamba nge-oda kudinga kusenesikhathi, kusukela uma kuthengiswa inani elithile lamathikithi, iziteshi zokuthengisa.
IPotala Palace itholakala endaweni ephakeme ngamamitha ayi-3,700 ngaphezu kwezinga lolwandle, nokuphakama kwalo kungaqhathaniswa nokuphakama kwesakhiwo sanamuhla emafweni angamashumi amathathu. Isakhiwo esinjalo kunzima ukwakha futhi ngaphansi kwentuthuko yesimanje yokuhlela amadolobha, okungukuthi, ukukhuluma ngalezi zikhathi ezikude "ezingasebenzi" ezingezinhle, lapho zakhiwa khona.
Insimu ye-potala iqukethe isigodlo esibomvu nemhlophe. Esigodlweni esibomvu, uDalai Lama wathandazelana, amasiko enza amasiko, ama-stuma eSikhumbuzo sawo wonke ama-Dalai Lam agcinwe lapha. Esigodlweni esimhlophe, abaholi abangokomoya besizwe baphila futhi basebenza. Uhambo lwesiGala esigodlweni sePotala lube ezweni eliyinkolo oluyinkimbinkimbi futhi elihehayo, ubuciko kanye nempilo yeTibet -Strane, abantu bawo bangumgcini bolwazi lwakudala olungafani nalobuntu obungalahlekelwa yilesi sizwe, esiseduze nalaba bantu isikhathi eside.