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Lukhang (Tibetan:ཀླུ་ཁང,Wylie:klu khang, residence ofNagas), formallyDzongyab Lukhang (Tibetan:རྫོང་རྒྱབ་ཀླུ་ཁང,Wylie:rdzong rgyab klu khang), residence ofNagas, lords of the castle and administered territory [?]) is the name of a secret temple ofLozang Gyatso, 5th Dalai Lama. Three walls of the temple are covered withmurals ofyogis engaged in their exercises.

• One wall ofmurals illustrates a commentary byLongchenpa on aDzogchen tantraRigpa Rangshar, interpreted according to the 5th Dalai Lama's experience of practice. The murals show characteristic visions of the secret practice oftögal.
• Another wall shows eight manifestations ofGuruPadmasambhava and eighty four mainMahasiddhas.
• The third wall illustrates positions and movements ofYantra Yoga.

The temple is situated on a small island on a lake behind thePotala palace inLhasa.

• The Crystal and The Way of Light. Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen byChögyal Namkhai Norbu. Compiled and Edited byJohn Shane, Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, NY, USA, 2000,ISBN 1-55939-135-9, pp. 82–87, 190, 191.
• The Dalai Lama's Secret Temple: Tantric wall paintings from Tibet,Ian A.Baker; Thames & Hudson, Year: 2011,ISBN 9780500289617

• http://www.asianart.com/articles/baker/ The Lukhang: a hidden temple in Tibet
• http://www.asianart.com/shalu/lukhang/ SHALU Association: THE LUKHANG TEMPLE

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