Stupa of Fifth Dalai Lama (五世達賴喇嘛靈塔)

The stupa of the Fifth Dalai Lama is the first, largest and most magnificent among the eight stupas in Potala Palace. Built in 1690, the stupa is made of sandalwood, coated in gold foil and decorated with some 20,000 jewels and diamonds. At a height of almost 15 meters (49 feet), the stupa is decorated with 3,721 kilograms of gold, the most used among the eight stupas. The stupa houses the mummified and perfumed body of the Fifth Dalai Lama and a large number of cultural relics, among which a thumb of Sakyamuni, the Supreme Buddha and founder of Buddhism, is the most precious.