Kwonti Lhakhang
Kwonti Lhakhang is a Buddhist temple in Lhasa, Tibet. Kwonti Lhakhang is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Kundeling Monastery, as well as near the park 铜牛公园.- Type: Buddhist temple
- Denomination: Tibetan
- Description: building in China
- Also known as: “Gya Lhakhang”, “关帝格萨拉康 ཀོན་ཡོན་གེ་སར་ལྷ་ཁང་།”, and “磨盘山关帝庙”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Potala Palace and Kundeling Monastery.
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 1 km east of Kwonti Lhakhang.
Kundeling Monastery
Buddhist temple
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kundeling Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Lhasa, Tibet. It was founded around 1794, and follows the Gelug school. The head of the monastery belongs to a lineage of incarnations that dates back to 1402.
Chagpori
Peak
Chagpori, or Chakpori, Chokpori, Chagpo Ri is a spirit-mountain of Vajrapani in Lhasa, Tibet. It is south of Potala and is considered to be one of the four holy mountains of central Tibet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lhasa and Zhol Village.
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.
Zhol Village
Neighborhood
Zhol Village, or Shol Village, is a village at the base of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. It contained the residences and administrative buildings of Ganden Phodrang's government officials and other Tibetans.
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.
Kwonti Lhakhang
- Categories: Tibetan Buddhist monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Lhasa, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.65607° or 29° 39′ 22″ northLongitude
91.10736° or 91° 6′ 27″ eastOpen location code
7MXHM444+CWOpenStreetMap ID
way 176923236OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=tibetanWikidata ID
Q1552728
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to German—“Kwonti Lhakhang” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “拉萨关帝庙”
- German: “Gesar-Tempel”
- German: “Guandi-Tempel von Lhasa”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 铜牛公园 and 鲁普岩寺.
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