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Drepung Monastery

Drepung Monastery, located at the foot of Mount Gephel, is one of the "great three" Gelug monasteries of founded by Je Tsongkhapa. The other two are and .
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Denomination: Tibetan
  • Description: Tibet Monastery
  • Also known as: “Zhaibung”, “zhebang si”, “Zhebang Si”, and “འབྲས་སྤུངས་”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nechung.

Buddhist temple
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Monastery, Gompa or Chok, is the seat of the State Oracle of Tibet. It is also referred to as Sungi Gyelpoi Tsenkar, the "Demon Fortress of the Oracle King." It is about 10 minutes walk down from Drepung Monastery, and was the residence of the three-headed, six-armed Pehar Gyalpo, the chief protector of the Gelugs and the seat of the State Oracle or Oracle. is situated 1 km southeast of Drepung Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Donggar Subdistrict and Zhol Village.

Suburb
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Donggar is a subdistrict in Doilungdêqên District in the of , northwest of . It lies at an altitude of 3,828 metres. The subdistrict has a population of about 4,000 people with 9,359 people in the township. is situated 5 km southwest of Drepung Monastery.

Neighborhood
, or Shol Village, is a village at the base of the in , . It contained the residences and administrative buildings of Ganden Phodrang's government officials and other Tibetans. is situated 7 km east of Drepung Monastery.

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is the capital of the autonomous region in . It is 3,650 m above sea level on the northern slopes of the .

Drepung Monastery

Latitude
29.67678° or 29° 40′ 36″ north
Longitude
91.04693° or 91° 2′ 49″ east
Elevation
3,842 metres (12,605 feet)
Open location code
7MXHM2GW+PQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 345009556
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­tibetan
Geo­Names ID
6547222
Wiki­data ID
Q241937
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Wu Chinese—“Drepung Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “‘ব্রাস-স্পুংস বৌদ্ধবিহার”
  • Bengali: “’ব্রাস-স্পুংস বৌদ্ধবিহার”
  • Chinese: “哲蚌寺”
  • Czech: “Däpung”
  • Dutch: “Drepung”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دير دريبونج”
  • Estonian: “Drepung”
  • French: “Drepung”
  • French: “Monastère de Drepung”
  • French: “monastère de Drépung”
  • French: “monastère de”
  • German: “Drepung”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר דרפונג”
  • Hungarian: “Drepung kolostor”
  • Indonesian: “Vihara Drepung”
  • Italian: “Drepung”
  • Japanese: “デプン寺”
  • Korean: “드레풍 사원”
  • Newari: “वब्रस स्पुङस दगोन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Drepungklosteret”
  • Norwegian: “Drepungklosteret”
  • Polish: “Drepung”
  • Portuguese: “Drepung”
  • Romanian: “mănăstirea Drepung”
  • Russia Buriat: “Брайбун”
  • Russian: “Дрепунг”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Drepung”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Drepung”
  • Swedish: “Drepungklostret”
  • Tagalog: “Monasteryo ng Drepung”
  • Thai: “วัดแจปุง”
  • Tibetan: “འབྲས་སྤུངས་དགོན།”
  • Tibetan: “འབྲས་སྤུངས”
  • Tuvinian: “Дрепунг хүрээзи”
  • Ukrainian: “Дрепунг”
  • Wu Chinese: “哲蚌寺”

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