Duodi

Duodi is a farm village in Lhasa, Tibet and has an elevation of 3,993 metres. Duodi is situated nearby to the locality Nyangrain, as well as near Kaquema.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sera Monastery and Pabonka Hermitage.

Sera Monastery

Buddhist temple

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Sera Monastery is one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries of Tibet, located 1.25 miles north of Lhasa and about 5 km north of the Jokhang. Sera Monastery is situated 3 km east of Duodi.

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 3 km northeast of Duodi.

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.

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 4½ km south of Duodi.

Lhasa

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

Duodi

Type: Farm village
Location: Lhasa, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

29.7° or 29° 42′ north

Longitude

91.1° or 91° 6′ east

Elevation

3,993 metres (13,100 feet)

Open location code

7MXHP422+22

GeoNames ID

8537588

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tibetan—“Duodi” goes by many names.

Chinese: “夺底”
Tibetan: “Togdê”

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