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Chairman Mao Zedong with the Panchen Lama (left) and the Dalai Lama (right), Beijing,1955.

The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or 'Yellow Hat' branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The Panchen Lama is the highest ranking Lama after the Dalai Lama in the Gelugpa (Dge-lugs-pa) sect of Tibetan Buddhism (the sect which controlled western Tibet from the 16th century until the imposition of Chinese sovereignty in 1951).

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Title: Chairman Mao Zedong with the Panchen Lama (left) and the Dalai Lama (right), Beijing,1955.

Caption: The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or 'Yellow Hat' branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The Panchen Lama is the highest ranking Lama after the Dalai Lama in the Gelugpa (Dge-lugs-pa) sect of Tibetan Buddhism (the sect which controlled western Tibet from the 16th century until the imposition of Chinese sovereignty in 1951).

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Keywords: ASIA • ASIAN • BUDDHISM • BUDDHISM, BHUTANESE • BUDDHIST • CHINA • CHINE • CHINESE COMMUNISM • CHINESE • CULT, BUDDHIST • FASHION • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY. • MAHAYANA • MAO ZEDONG • MODA • MODE • PORCELAIN • RELIGION • REVOLUITIONARY CHINA • STYLE • TIBET • TIBETAN