Tashi Chöling

Tashi Chöling is a hermitage in Lhasa, Tibet and has an elevation of 4,047 metres. Tashi Chöling is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Pabonka Hermitage, as well as near Chupzang Nunnery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pabonka Hermitage and Chupzang Nunnery.

Pabonka Hermitage

Buddhist temple

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Pabonka Hermitage, also written Pawangka, is a historical hermitage, today belonging to Sera Monastery, about 8 kilometres northwest of Lhasa in the Nyang bran Valley on the slopes of Mount Parasol in Tibet. Pabonka Hermitage is situated 590 metres west of Tashi Chöling.

Chupzang Nunnery

Buddhist temple

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Chupzang Nunnery is a historical nunnery, belonging to Sera Monastery. It is located north of Lhasa in Tibet, China. Though the site was established as a hermitage around 1665, it was converted into an exclusive nunnery in 1984 and has since grown into one of the largest nunneries in the Lhasa Valley. Chupzang Nunnery is situated 790 metres south of Tashi Chöling.

Garu Nunnery

Buddhist temple

Garu Nunnery is a historical hermitage, belonging to Sera Monastery. It is located north of Lhasa, Lhasa Prefecture, in the Tibet region of China. The nunnery has an ancient history traced to Padmasambhava, the Indian Buddhist preceptor, who visited this location. Garu Nunnery is situated 2 km west of Tashi Chöling.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nyangrain Subdistrict and Zhol Village.

Nyangrain Subdistrict

Suburb

Nyang bran is a suburb district and valley located several kilometres north of the city of Lhasa, Tibet. The valley is noted for its hermitages, belonging to the Sera Monastery, one of the three great historical monasteries of Tibet. Pabonka Hermitage, Drakri Hermitage, Chupzang Nunnery and many others are located in the valley which offers scenic views of Lhasa.

Zhol Village

Neighborhood

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Zhol Village, or Shol Village, is a village at the base of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. It contained the residences and administrative buildings of Ganden Phodrang's government officials and other Tibetans. Zhol Village is situated 6 km south of Tashi Chöling.

Karma Kunzang

Suburb

Photo: Vinko Rajic, CC BY 3.0.

Karma Kunzang is a suburb, which is situated 7 km south of Tashi Chöling.

Tashi Chöling

Type: Hermitage
Also known as: “Tashi Choeling” and “Zhaxiqoiling Richoi”
Category: religion
Location: Lhasa, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

29.72026° or 29° 43′ 13″ north

Longitude

91.12402° or 91° 7′ 27″ east

Elevation

4,047 metres (13,278 feet)

Open location code

7MXHP4CF+4J

GeoNames ID

6612159

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In Other Languages

“Tashi Chöling” goes by many names.

Tibetan: “བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་གླིང་རི་ཁྲོད”

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