Tsurphu Monastery

Tsurphu Monastery or Tölung Tsurphu is a gompa which serves as the traditional seat of the Karmapa, the head of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: building in Doilungdêqên District, China
  • Also known as: chubu si”, “Chubu Si”, “chǔbù sì”, “Cubu Si”, “Tsurbu gönpa”, “Tsurphu”, “མཚུར་མདོ་བོ་ལུང་གི་གཙུག་ལག་ཁང”, “འོག་མིན་མཚུར་ཕུ་དགོན”, and “སྟོད་ལུང་མཚུར་ཕུ་དགོན

Tsurphu Monastery

Latitude
29.72677° or 29° 43′ 36″ north
Longitude
90.57539° or 90° 34′ 31″ east
Elevation
4,500 metres (14,764 feet)
Open location code
7MXGPHGG+P5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2869525351
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Geo­Names ID
10273909
Wiki­data ID
Q927302
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tibetan—“Tsurphu Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: chubu si
  • Chinese: zupu si
  • Chinese: 楚布寺
  • Chinese: 祖普寺
  • Dutch: Tsurbu gönpa
  • Dutch: Tsurpu
  • French: Chubu si
  • French: chǔbù sì
  • French: monastère de Tsourphou
  • French: Monastère de Tsourphou
  • French: Monastère de Tsurbu
  • French: Tsourphou
  • French: Tsurbu gönpa
  • French: Tsurphu de Tölong
  • German: Tshurphu-Kloster
  • German: Tsurbu gönpa
  • Hungarian: Curphu kolostor
  • Japanese: ツルプ寺
  • Polish: Tsurphu
  • Russian: Цурпху
  • Spanish: Monasterio de Tsurpu
  • Spanish: Tsurbu gönpa
  • Tibetan: ‘og min mtshur phu dgon
  • Tibetan: mtshur mdo bo lung dgon
  • Tibetan: mtshur mdo bo lung gi gtsug lag khang
  • Tibetan: mtshur phu dgon
  • Tibetan: Okmin Tsurpu
  • Tibetan: stod lung mtshur phu dgon
  • Tibetan: མཚུར་བུ་དགོན།
  • Tibetan: སྟོད་ལུང་མཚུར་ཕུ་དགོན།

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