Pönri Gompa
Pönri Gompa is a Buddhist temple in Ngari, Tibet.- Type: Buddhist temple
- Denomination: Tibetan
- Also known as: “Benri si”, “Bongri Gömpa”, “Pengzhe Si”, and “Pongri Goinba”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huo’er.
Huo’er
Town
Photo: Nicolai Bangsgaard, CC BY 2.0.
Hor also known as Huo'er is a township in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture the Tibet Autonomous Region of China; by the shore of Lake Manasarovar. It was placed in the back on the main East-West highway that followed the Silk Road from Lhasa to Kashmir. Huo’er is situated 9 km southeast of Pönri Gompa.
Pönri Gompa
- Categories: ruins, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Ngari, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.84263° or 30° 50′ 34″ northLongitude
81.57069° or 81° 34′ 15″ eastOpen location code
8M23RHVC+37OpenStreetMap ID
way 1498281170OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=tibetan
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Pönri Gompa” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “བོང་རི་དགོན་པ”
- Chinese: “朋哲寺”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pönri and Manasarovar SAM Site.
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