Muru Nyingba Monastery
Muru Ningba or Meru Nyingba is a small Buddhist monastery located between the larger monasteries of Jokhang and Barkhor in the city of Lhasa, Tibet, China.Photo: John Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: building in Muru Nyingba Monastery, China
- Also known as: “木如宁巴” and “默如宁巴”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Potala Palace and Lhasa Great Mosque.
Potala Palace
Photo: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 2.5.
Potala Palace is a museum complex in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It was formerly the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas, built in the dzong style on Marpo Ri. Potala Palace is situated 1½ km west of Muru Nyingba Monastery.
Lhasa Great Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Antoinetav, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lhasa Great Mosque, also known as the Hebalin Mosque, is a mosque in Lhasa, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Lhasa Great Mosque is situated 440 metres southeast of Muru Nyingba Monastery.
Lhassa Little Mosque
Mosque
Photo: 獅眠洞, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Barkor Rapsel Alley Mosque, also often called locally as the Lhasa Small Mosque, is an early-20th-century mosque, located in Barkor, the old Tibetan quarter of the Chengguan District, in the urban heart of Lhasa, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Lhassa Little Mosque is situated 290 metres south of Muru Nyingba Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pargor Subdistrict and Lhasa.
Pargor Subdistrict
Suburb
The Barkhor Square, or Barkhor, is an historic area of narrow streets and a public square with markets, and the circumambulation route around the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet, China.
Lhasa
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lhasa is the capital of the Tibet autonomous region in China. It is 3,650 m above sea level on the northern slopes of the Himalayas.
Muru Nyingba Monastery
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Lhasa, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
29.65288° or 29° 39′ 10″ northLongitude
91.13279° or 91° 7′ 58″ eastOpen location code
7MXHM43M+54OpenStreetMap ID
node 4104536557OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q1941681
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Muru Nyingba Monastery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “木如宁巴寺”
- Dutch: “Muru Nyingba”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير مورو نيينجبا”
- French: “Méru Nyingba”
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