Narthang Monastery
Narthang Monastery is a monastery located 15 km west of Shigatse in Tibet. Founded in 1153 by Tumtön Lodrö Drakpa, a student of Sharawa Yonten Drak. Narthang was an influential Kadam monastery, and the fourth great monastery of Tsang, with Shalu Monastery, Sakya and Tashilhunpo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: building in Narthang Monastery, China
- Also known as: “natang si” and “纳唐寺”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qumig.
Qumig
Town
Qumig, or Qumei Chinese: 曲美乡; pinyin: Qūměi Xiāng), is a village and township of Samzhubzê District, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 5,998 and an area of 356 square kilometres. Qumig is situated 7 km southwest of Narthang Monastery.
Narthang Monastery
- Categories: Tibetan Buddhist monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Xigaze, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
29.19419° or 29° 11′ 39″ northLongitude
88.76203° or 88° 45′ 43″ eastOpen location code
7MXC5QV6+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 336409001OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q1483753
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tibetan—“Narthang Monastery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “纳塘寺”
- Chinese: “那唐寺”
- Dutch: “Narthang”
- French: “Narthang”
- German: “Narthang-Kloster”
- Hungarian: “Narthang kolostor”
- Italian: “Monastero di Nartang”
- Japanese: “チュミ・トゥメン”
- Japanese: “ナルタン寺”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Narthangklosteret”
- Norwegian: “Narthangklosteret”
- Spanish: “Narthang”
- Tibetan: “སྣར་ཐང་དགོན།”
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