Bencang monastery
Bencang monastery is a Buddhist temple in Shannan, Tibet. Bencang monastery is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Nedong Tsetsokpa, as well as near the town Changzhug.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Denomination: Tibetan
- Description: monastery in Zêtang, Nêdong, Shannan, Tibet, China
- Also known as: “Bencang si”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tradruk Temple.
Tradruk Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Esiymbro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tradruk Temple in the Yarlung Valley is the earliest great geomantic temple after the Jokhang and some sources say it predates that temple. Tradruk Temple is located in Nêdong County of Lhoka in the Tibet Autonomous Region, about seven kilometres south of the county seat, Tsetang. Tradruk Temple is situated 3½ km south of Bencang monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tsethang and Changzhug.
Tsethang
Photo: Ernst Schäfer, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Tsetang or Zedang, is the fourth largest city in Tibet and is located in the Yarlung Valley, 183 km southeast of Lhasa in Nedong District of the Shannan Prefecture in the Tibet region of China.
Bencang monastery
- Categories: Tibetan Buddhist monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Shannan, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
29.22728° or 29° 13′ 38″ northLongitude
91.7732° or 91° 46′ 24″ eastOpen location code
7MXH6QGF+W7OpenStreetMap ID
node 13272314755OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=tibetanWikidata ID
Q108031779
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tibetan—“Bencang monastery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “本仓寺”
- Tibetan: “བན་གཙང་དགོན།”
- Tibetan: “བན་ཚང་དགོན།”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nedong Tsetsokpa and 山南市人民政府.
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