Drigung Monastery
Drigung Thil Monastery is a monastery in Maizhokunggar County, Lhasa, Tibet founded in 1179. Traditionally it has been the main seat of the Drikung Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
- Buddhist temple
- Description: monastery in Lhasa, Tibet
- Also known as“zhigongti si”“མཐིལ་དགོན་པ”“འབྲི་གུང་དགོན། (直贡梯寺)”“འབྲི་གུང་མཐིལ་དགོན་པ”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mamba Township.
Drigung Monastery
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Latitude
30.10658° or 30° 6′ 24″ north
Longitude
92.20392° or 92° 12′ 14″ east
Open location code
8M2J4643+JH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tibetan—“Drigung Monastery” goes by many names.
直贡梯寺Chinese
DrigungklosteretDanish
DrigungDutch
Drigung (klooster)Dutch
دير دريجونجEgyptian Arabic
Vihara drigungIndonesian
Wihara DrigungIndonesian
ディグンティ寺Japanese
DrigungklosteretNorwegian
Drigung-klosteretNorwegian Bokmål
མཐིལ་དགོན་པ།Tibetan
འབྲི་གུང་དགོན།Tibetan
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