The Jokhang (Tibetan: ཇོ་ཁང།, Chinese: 大昭寺), or the Ra sa 'phrul snang gtsug lag khang, or Qoikang Monastery, or Zuglagkang (Tibetan: གཙུག་ལག་ཁང༌།, Wylie:...
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culturally significant Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka Palaces. Lhasa literally translates to "place of...
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city after the Jokhang Temple. Situated in the northwestern part of the Tibetan capital, it is east of the Potala and north of the Jokhang. The site occupies...
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inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994. In 2000 and 2001, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka were added to the list as extensions to the sites...
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the spread of Buddhism to Tibet. The Jowo Mikyo Dorje was placed in the Jokhang which was purpose built in c.640 for the statue. The Jowo Shakyamuni Rinpoche...
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Tibet from the Potala and Norbulingka palaces in Lhasa from the last one. Jokhang, a Tibetan Buddhist temple, is located there. The Lhasa dialect is used...
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spending millions on renovating the Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple, the Old Town surrounding the Jokhang was evidently not considered worthy of protection...
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Architecture of Lhasa (section Jokhang)
inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994. In 2000 and 2001, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka were added to the list as extensions to the sites...
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Drepung Monastery Drongtse Monastery Dzogchen Monastery Ganden Monastery Jokhang Monastery Kathok Khorzhak Monastery Menri Monastery Mindrolling Monastery...
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route around the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet, China. The Barkhor is a popular devotional circumambulation around the historic Jokhang for pilgrims and...
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