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Martsang Drak Gönpa
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Martsang Drak Monastery, stone pillar and written Chinese words on it

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  • Tibetan Event > Founding: acc. to local tradition, by Lachen Gongpa Rapsel (bla chen dgongs pa rab gsal) (900-999 (probable))
  • Population > Monk: 3 (2011)
  • Settlements > City (900-999 (estimated) - 1584)
  • Buddhism > Geluk
  • Tibetan Event > Monastic Event (5th month (annual); 15th day of the 1st month (annual))
  • Religious > monks' living rooms: 28 (1958 (probable))
  • Population > Monk: 2 (1958 (probable))
  • དམར་གཙང་བྲག་དགོན་པ། (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
    • > Martsang Drak Gönpa (Tibetan, Latin script, Transcription-THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)
    • > dmar gtsang brag dgon pa (Tibetan, Latin script, Transliteration-THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
  • 白馬寺 (Chinese, Traditional Chinese Characters, Original)
    • > 白马寺 (Chinese, Simplified Chinese Characters, Transliteration-Traditional-to-Simplified Chinese Transliteration)
    • > Baima si (Chinese, Latin script, Transcription-Pinyin Transcription)

Place ID: F22641

Latitude: 36.6; Longitude: 102.18

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