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However, the true highest monastery in the world is Drirapuk Monastery in Ngari Prefecture, at an altitude of 5,072 metres (16,640 ft). [6] For Sherpas living on the south slopes of Everest in the Khumbu region of Nepal , Rongbuk Monastery was an important pilgrimage site, accessed in a few days' travel across the Himalaya through the Nangpa La ...
Tengboche Monastery (or Thyangboche Monastery), also known as Dawa Choling Gompa, in the Tengboche village in Khumjung in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Sherpa community. Situated at 3,867 metres (12,687 ft), the monastery is the largest gompa in the Khumbu region of Nepal. [1]
Tengboche (or Thyangboche) is a village in Khumbu Pasanglhamu rural municipality in the Khumbu subregion of Province No. 1 in Nepal, located at 3,867 metres (12,687 ft).). Within the village is an important Buddhist monastery, Tengboche Monastery, which is the largest gompa in the Khumbu
Home monastery of the Dalai Lama and founded by Jamyang Choje. Drepung was historically the largest monastery in Tibet as well as the largest in the world until the annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China: Drigung: Lhasa Prefecture Kagyu: 1179, 1980s 1960s Drongtse Monastery: Tsang: Gelug Dzogchen: Kham: Nyingma: 1684
Gurudongmar Lake is one of the highest lakes in the world and in India, at an elevation of 5,430 m (17,800 ft) according to the Government of Sikkim. [1] [2] [a] It is located in the Great Himalayas in the Mangan District in Indian state of Sikkim, [1] and considered sacred by Buddhists and Sikhs.
Kanum Monastery is 12 century Monsatery belonging to Drukpa sect of Vajrayana Buddhism. It houses idol of Avalokiteshwara. The monastery has evidence of a Hungarian Scholar and explorer, Alexander Csoma de Körös (1784–1842) working there. . The monastery is located in Himachal Pradesh, India Le Calloc’h, Bernard.
A closer view of the pagoda. The tower is supported by a 6,500 t steel structure. [4] The grounds for the Tianning Temple Pagoda occupies a space of 27,000 m 2 (290,625 ft 2). [1]
The bell tower is the highest point of the monastery being first consecrated in 1848 and destroyed by the Soviet government in 1936. It has now been fully reconstructed in the years of 2009–2014. 99.6 m in official documents.