Old Thrangu Monastery
Old Thrangu Monastery is a Buddhist temple in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai.- Type: Buddhist temple
- Denomination: Tibetan
- Also known as: “Gato Tragu Gon Tashi Choling”, “Old Thrangu Gompa”, “Thrangu Gompa”, “Trangu Monastery”, and “禅古寺”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yushu and Yushu.
Yushu
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Yushu, also Romanized as Yüxü, is a county-level city of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Southern Qinghai Province, China. It comprises a surface area of 13,462 square kilometres.
Yushu
Suburb
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Gyêgu Subdistrict, formerly a part of the Gyêgu or Jiegu town is a township-level division in Yushu, Yushu TAP, Qinghai, China. The name Gyêgu is still a common name for the Yushu city proper, which include Gyêgu subdistrict and three other subdistricts evolved from the former Gyêgu town. Yushu is situated 9 km northwest of Old Thrangu Monastery.
Old Thrangu Monastery
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
32.95205° or 32° 57′ 7″ northLongitude
97.04059° or 97° 2′ 26″ eastOpen location code
8M4VX22R+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 3314840668OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=tibetan
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In Other Languages
“Old Thrangu Monastery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “chuànggǔ sì”
- Chinese: “创古寺”
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