When the High Lama passes away, his body fluids are deprived by several kinds of valuable medicinal materials and spices times. After dried, it is wrapped up by silk and put inside the stupa to be long kept. The stupa have several kinds, such as gold stupa, silver stupa, copper stupa, wood stupa, earth stupa and so on, according to the position of the Living Buddha.
When Dalai and Panchen pass away, their bodies are put inside the gold stupa, but the body of Gandan Tripa is put inside the silver stupa. The stupa is kept in different temples.
