Features: Show

Labrang

Feature Type

Temple

Full map Google Maps Google Earth

Subjects

Buddhism > Bön
Population > Geshé: 5 (2003)
Population > Monk: 13 (2003)
Tibetan Event > Founding: by Tretön Namkha Gyeltsen (tre ston nam mkha' rgyal mtshan)
Population > Nun: 13 (2003)
Tibetan Administration > Familial Head of Monastery (Male Line): male descendents of tre ston sgo lineage; currently no male descendents, and so temple is falling into disrepair

Names

བླ་བྲང་། (Tibetan, Tibetan script, Original)
- > Labrang (Tibetan, Latin script, Transcription-THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)
- > bla brang (Tibetan, Latin script, Transliteration-THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
- > Labrang Temple (Tibetan, Latin script, Transcription-THL Simplified Tibetan Transcription)

IDs

Place ID: F23635

Location

Latitude: 29.15; Longitude: 82.86

GIS Resources (feature alone)