Rutog Monastery
Rutog Monastery is a Buddhist temple in Ngari, Tibet. Rutog Monastery is situated nearby to the castle Rutog Dzong, as well as near the peak Mamu.- Type: Buddhist temple
- Denomination: Tibetan
- Description: monastery in Rutog County, Ngari, Tibet, China
- Also known as: “lunzhu quding si”, “Lunzhu quding si”, and “Rutok Tashi Choling”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rutog and Dêrub.
Rutog
Village
Photo: Dominique Roux, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rudok, also spelt Rutok and Rutog, more properly Rudok Dzong, is a town that served as the historical capital of the Rudok area in Western Tibet on the frontier with Ladakh.
Dêrub
Village
The Rutog Town, called Rituzhen in Chinese, is a town and the seat of Rutog County in the far western Tibet Autonomous Region. It is also a major military base for China near the disputed border with India allowing it to press its claims militarily. Dêrub is situated 7 km southeast of Rutog Monastery.
Rutog Town
Town
Photo: Global Photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rutog Town, called Rituzhen in Chinese, is a town and the seat of Rutog County in the far western Tibet Autonomous Region. It is also a major military base for China near the disputed border with India allowing it to press its claims militarily. Rutog Town is situated 9 km southeast of Rutog Monastery.
Rutog Monastery
- Categories: Tibetan Buddhist monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Ngari, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33.41734° or 33° 25′ 2″ northLongitude
79.64259° or 79° 38′ 33″ eastOpen location code
8J5XCJ8V+W2OpenStreetMap ID
node 13671141437OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=tibetanWikidata ID
Q108030904
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tibetan—“Rutog Monastery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “伦珠曲丁寺”
- Chinese: “伦珠曲典寺”
- Chinese: “日土寺”
- French: “monastère de Rudok”
- Tibetan: “བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་གླིང་དགོན།”
- Tibetan: “ལྷུན་གྲུབ་ཆོས་སྡིངས་དགོན།”
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