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Meme Nyekhang

The deity shrine room of Sumthrang's local deity, the protector of Sumthrang's monastic traditions popularly known as the Sumthrang Draktsen, is built on a cylindrical cliff in between the two parts of the main Sumthrang cliff at the north of Sumthrang village. The deity is popularly known as Meme Braktsen by locals while his formal name is Lhatsen Dorji Draduel. A small stream that originates from the peaks above the cliff falls from below the shrine room. A rhododendron and fir-tree forest is found around its vicinity.

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  • མེ་མེ་གནས་ཁང་། (Dzongkha, Tibetan script, Original)
    • > me me gnas khang (Dzongkha, Latin script, Transliteration-THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
    • > Meme Nyekhang (Dzongkha, Latin script, Transcription-Dzongkha Transcription)

Place ID: F69920

3687

Latitude: 27.499305; Longitude: 90.923715

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