IDNO

P.96608.WIL

Description

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“F. W. became Political Officer in Sikkim on January 4th, 1933.
(Photos 53-75: in and around Paro MPOW: 70-73)
See ww: Paro Penlop
See gi: Paro
53b. “Paro Guest House (Tobgye)”
(MPOW: 71-2)
This guest house had been designed by Paro Penlop (Penlop Tsering Peljor) himself as his own personal palace. It was modelled on th [sic] divine palace of Padma Sambhava, of whom the Paro Penlop regarded himself an emmanation. “This was a beautiful, tall, pagoda-like building , brightly painted and sporting gargoyles on the roof.” (MPOW: 71).” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; Bhutan; Paro [Ugyen Pelri Palace ]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

?Tobgye

Collector / Expedition

Date

23 June 1933

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Architecture: This palace was built by the Paro Penlop , Tshering Penjor, in the early 1900s and is now a residence of the queen mother, thus closed to the public. It is designed after Guru Rinpoche's celestial paradise, Zangto Pelri, and is one of the most beautiful examples of Bhutanese architecture. You can get views of the palace from above from the dzong. [Dawa Dem 15/9/2008]

The transcription of this album by Mark Turin and Sara Shneiderman was carried out with reference to Krystina Cech’s catalogue list alone. Alex Nadin has since revised their cataloguing by systematically matching their records to the images. Margaret Williamson’s handwritten captions for photographs have now been transcribed into the Inscription field, and Cech’s descriptions appear in the Description field. Correct entries for Place, Named Person and Other Nos. have also been entered by Alex Nadin. [Sudeshna Guha 29/10/2002]