This mani temple (ma Ni lha khang) housing two large mani wheels was located on the northern part of the Barkor (bar skor) in Lhasa, in the midst of the Barkor street itself. The structure dated from the eighteenth century and was said to have been built by the Tibetan ruler Polhané Sönam Topgyé (pho lha nas bsod nams stobs rgyas, 1689-1747). The two mani wheels were housed in two separate rooms which each had its own entry on the south side of the building through which people would enter to spin the wheels. The mani temple was adjacent to a stupa (mchod rten) that also stood in the midst of the Barkor street. Both the mani temple and the stupa were demolished in 1967. In 1989 a new mani temple was built nearby to the south.