Zatang Monastery
Zatang Monastery, is a historic Tibetan Buddhist monastery located in Zhanang County, Shannan, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Founded in the mid-15th century by the Kagyu schoolmaster Dondrup Rinchen, the temple has long been an important center of religious and cultural activity in the region.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Denomination: Tibetan
- Description: building in Chatang, Zhanang County, Shannan, Tibet, China
- Also known as: “Dranang Gompa”, “Dratang Monastery”, and “Zhatang Temple”
Zatang Monastery
- Categories: Tibetan Buddhist monastery, cultural heritage of China, building, monastery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Shannan, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.24298° or 29° 14′ 35″ northLongitude
91.33163° or 91° 19′ 54″ eastOpen location code
7MXH68VJ+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 404695739OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=monasteryOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=tibetanWikidata ID
Q1255876
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tibetan—“Zatang Monastery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “扎塘寺”
- Chinese: “阿丹扎塘寺”
- German: “Drathang Gompa”
- German: “Drathang Gön”
- German: “Drathang-Kloster”
- German: “Zhatang si”
- German: “Zhatang-Kloster”
- Tibetan: “གྲ་ཐང་དགོན།”
- Tibetan: “ལྔ་ལྡན་གྲྭ་ཚང་།”
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