The object of this paper is the relation between the Szegö kernel of an ample line bundle on a complex projective manifold, M , and the Szegö kernel of the induced polarization on the quotient of M by the holomorphic action of a compact Lie group, G. Let M be an n-dimensional complex projective manifold and L an ample line bundle on it. Suppose a connected compact Lie group G acts on M as a gro...