Jokhang
The Jokhang, historically known as the Rasa Trulnang or Qoikang Monastery or Zuglagkang, is considered the "heart of Lhasa". The Jokhang consists of a Tibetan Buddhist temple, its temple complex, and a Gelug school monastery.
- Temple
- …lies at an elevation of 3,657 metres (11,998 feet)
- Description: Buddhist temple in Barkhor Square in Lhasa
- Also known as“Dazhao Si”“gtsug lag khang”“Zuglakang (Jokhang) Monastery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Muru Nyingba Monastery and Potala Palace.
Potala Palace
Lhasa Great Mosque
Mosque
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pargor Subdistrict and Lhasa.
Zhol Village
Neighborhood
Jokhang
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- Location
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Latitude
29.65306° or 29° 39′ 11″ north
Longitude
91.132° or 91° 7′ 55″ east
Open location code
7MXHM43J+6R
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Jokhang” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جوكهانغ”
- Asturian: “Templu de Jokhang”
- Basque: “Jokhang tenplua”
- Basque: “Jokhang”
- Burmese: “ဂျိုခန့်”
- Catalan: “Jo-khang”
- Catalan: “Jokhang”
- Catalan: “temple de Jokhang”
- Catalan: “Temple de Jokhang”
- Catalan: “Tsuklakang”
- Catalan: “Txhokang”
- Chinese: “大昭寺”
- Chinese: “祖拉康”
- Croatian: “Jokhang”
- Czech: “Džókhang”
- Czech: “Jokhang”
- Dutch: “Jokhang”
- Dutch: “Tsuglhakhang”
- Finnish: “Jokhang”
- French: “Jokhang”
- French: “Monastère de Jokhang”
- French: “temple de Jokhang”
- French: “Temple de Jokhang”
- Georgian: “ჯოხანგი”
- German: “Jokang”
- German: “Jokhang-Kloster”
- German: “Jokhang-Tempel”
- German: “Jokhang”
- German: “Qokang”
- German: “Rasa Trülnang”
- German: “Yokhang-Tempel”
- German: “Yokhang”
- Hebrew: “מקדש ג’וקהנג”
- Hebrew: “מקדש גוקהנג”
- Hungarian: “Dzsokhang”
- Indonesian: “Jokhang”
- Italian: “Jokhang”
- Japanese: “ジョカン”
- Japanese: “トゥルナン寺”
- Japanese: “大昭寺”
- Korean: “조캉 사원”
- Korean: “조캉사원”
- Lithuanian: “Džokangas”
- Newari: “जोखङ”
- Panjabi: “ਜੋਖਾਂਗ ਮੰਦਰ”
- Persian: “جوخانگ”
- Polish: “Dżokhang”
- Polish: “Jokhang”
- Portuguese: “Dajiao-si”
- Portuguese: “Jokhang”
- Portuguese: “Tsuklakhang”
- Romanian: “Templul Jokhang”
- Russian: “Джоканг”
- Russian: “Джокханг”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Jokhang”
- Slovenian: “Jokang”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Jokhang”
- Spanish: “Templo de Jokhang”
- Swedish: “Dazhaosi”
- Swedish: “Jhokang”
- Swedish: “Johkangtemplet”
- Swedish: “Jokhang”
- Swedish: “Jokhangklostret”
- Swedish: “Jokhangtemplet”
- Swedish: “Tsulagkhang”
- Tagalog: “Bahay ng Karunungan”
- Tagalog: “GTsug lag khang”
- Tagalog: “Jokang”
- Tagalog: “Jokhang Monastery”
- Tagalog: “Jokhang Temple”
- Tagalog: “Jokhang”
- Tagalog: “Monasteryo ng Jokhang”
- Tagalog: “Monasteryong Jokhang”
- Tagalog: “Qokang”
- Tagalog: “Templong Jokhang”
- Tagalog: “Tsuklakang”
- Tagalog: “Tsulag Kang”
- Tajik: “Ҷоканг”
- Thai: “โชคัง”
- Thai: “วัดโจคัง”
- Tibetan: “གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་།”
- Tibetan: “གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་”
- Tibetan: “ཇོ་ཁང་།”
- Tibetan: “ཇོ་ཁང་”
- Tibetan: “ཇོ་ཁང”
- Tibetan: “ལྷ་ས་གཙུག་ལག་ཁང་”
- Turkish: “Jokhang Tapınağı”
- Ukrainian: “Джоканг”
- Vietnamese: “Chùa Đại Chiêu”
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