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Guge Kingdom
གུ་གེ་རྒྱལ་རབས་ in the Tibetan language. Guge means syllable. Guge is known as one of the last kingdoms. History King Tri Darma U Tum Tsen ཁྲི་དར་མ་ཨུ་དུམ་བཙན་ Also known as Lang Darma is the brother of the great Dharma king Ralpachen. During his brief reign, he alm
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Rongbuk Monastery
In the Tibetan language, known as རོང་ཕུ་དགོན་ Rongbuk monastery is the highest situated monasteries in our world. Rongbuk monastery is also going to be the most vital topic of the year 2019 because of the final destination view of Mount Everest north face. Mount Everest is known as Chomolungma in Tibetan. ཇོ་མོ
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Drigung Monastery
Drigung Til Monastery is the principal monastery of Drigung Kagyu school in Buddhism in Tibet. The monastery is famous for the best sky burial ( Tu Troe ) in Tibet. The Kagyu school is divided into four major Dakpo Kagyu schools and eight sub-Pagdru schools. Four Major Dakpo Kagyu schools Karma Kagyu Barom Kagyu Tsalpa Kagyu
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Ganden monastery
Ganden is named after the Tushita heaven where the future Buddha Maitreya, presently a bodhisattva is residing. Ganden monastery is one of the three largest Gelugpa school monasteries near Lhasa. The two other are the Sera Monastery and the Drepung monastery. History of Ganden monastery Ga means Joy and Den means to Remain, it's a joyf
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Ralung monastery
The Ralung monastery can be traced back to one of the great Tibetan Yogi Jetsun Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje. Je Tsangpa Gyare was born in the Ngang To area in the Shigatse prefecture during the year 1161. Je Tsangpa Gyare was one of the fortunate masters who has a chance to meet the great Yogi Je Lingrepa Pema Dorje. History of the Ralu
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Norbulingka Palace
Norbu means Jewel and Lingka means Garden. The Jewel Garden is also known as the Summer Palace of Dalai Lama and a picnic area for local Tibetans. The Palace was built by the 7th Dalai Lama in the mid 18th century. The article Photo: Tsokyil Palace 7th Dalai Lama The 7th Dalai Lama was born in Litang town at the eastern Tibet Kham a
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Sera Monastery
Sera means surrounded by Rosebush. Se means Rosebush and Ra means surrounded by. Sera monastery and Drepung monastery are the two biggest Geluk monasteries in Lhasa. Sera monastery was built in the year 1419 by the great scholar Jamchen Choeje Shakya Yeshi with a request from his great master Je Tsongkhapa. The monastery is located
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Jokhang Temple
Jokhang Temple is the favorite temples in Tibet for many Travelers. Previous Travelers shared that they can feel tremendous energy inside the Jokhang Temple. Jo is a shorter version of Jowo. Jowo meaning lord or master in Tibetan. The name Jowo is normally used for precious Buddha's and Bodhisattvas. Khang means temple, chapel or a build
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Potala Palace
One of the wonders of Tibet is the Potala Palace. located in the heart of Lhasa city at an elevation of 3,700 meters. Potala Palace beauties not only Tibet but also our world. The name Potala came from Sanskrit. The ancient language in India. Meaning the land of compassion Buddha Avalokiteshvara. Also known as Boddhisatva Chenrez
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Tidrum Nunnery
Tidrum nunnery has one of the best hot springs in Tibet. The nunnery is a small Nyingma Kagyu school nunnery. The location of the nunnery is 140km from Lhasa towards the east to Drigung valley. The nunnery is 14km from the Drigung to Kagyu monastery. Hike options at Tidrum nunnery They are two ways to start this beautiful day hike. Tak
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