This great set of lineal guru portraits was one of the most important of its kind, acting as a focus of devotion for all of its followers. It was the duty of later generations to commission paintings that would bring the set up to date by adding their own gurus and any other missing transmitters.

Among the various Palpung sets of Situ’s time, this has a certain “pre-Situ” flavor. The painters were presumably from Karsho, and they were, in part, copying older models. These artists also worked within their own Kham-based Encampment style, which existed in Karsho before, and continued to exist after, Situ’s time. Though not completely replaced by Situ’s new Encampment style, its painters could hardly have escaped the influence of his activities.