Monastère
|  | Sanga Tratsang
The Sanga Tratsang is a recently renovated chapel housing statues of the protectors Namse (Vairocana), Nagpo Chenpo, Dorje Jigje, Chögyel (Dharmaraja), Palden Lhamo (on a horse) and the Nechung oracle, all arranged around a central statue of the fifth Dalai Lama.
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Ganden Palace
|  | Main courtyard of the Ganden Palace (1)
The main courtyard is surrounded by residential quarters and storerooms. This is where the Cham dances of the Yogurt Festival would be performed each summer before moving on to the Norbulingka.
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|  | First assembly hall (7)
Sangapa Tratsang
Steps to the left of the courtyard lead into a large, spacious assembly hall, called the Sangapa Tratsang, where in former days the Namgyel Tratsang, the Dalai Lama's personal monastic staff, would gather for their services.
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|  | Chapel of the assembly hall (2)
Above the main assembly hall are the private quarters of the Dalai Lamas, as well as offices where they would conduct governmental affairs. Usually it is only possible to visit one of these rooms, a chapel that contains the Fifth Dalai Lama's elaborate throne.
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|  | Outer courtyard of the Ganden Palace
A flight of stairs, at the entrance, leads into a spacious courtyard with a large tree. The main edifice of the palace looms up at the back of the courtyard and at the upper right-hand corner a balcony bedecked with cloth hangings indicates the Dalai Lama's personal quarters (which are not open to the public).
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Main Hall
|  | Main Hall
This lavishly decorated hall is no longer used as the main assembly hall at Drepung except on special occasions. Instead, the 450 monks gather regularly in the smaller but more convenient hall of Loseling College.
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|  | Chapel of the main hall (13)
This is a high-ceilinged, spacious room that is one of the oldest structures in Drepung. The assembly hall was added on at a later date. The chapel is dedicated to the Buddhas of the Three Times.
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|  | Upper Story of the main hall (8)
None of the chapels on the second floor is open. On the third floor the main chapel reveals the exquisite head and shoulders of a giant statue of Maitreya at the age of eight, the base of which is in one of the closed chapels on the floor below. This image is called "The Maitreya Who Fulfills Your Wishes on Beholding Him."
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College
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