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Palcho Monastery 白居寺Báijū Sì
National heritage site · Shigatse, Tibet
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shigatse
- Region
- Tibet
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Palcho Monastery
Palcho (Pelkor Chöde) Monastery, below the hills on the north-western edge of Gyantse, was built from 1418 by the local ruler Rabten Kunzang Phag with the scholar Khedrup Je, and is unusual in housing Gelug, Sakya and Shalu communities side by side. Beside its assembly hall rises the Gyantse Kumbum, a many-tiered stupa whose dozens of small chapels are lined with 15th-century murals and statues in the local Gyantse style. Together with the fortress it is the main sight of Gyantse.
How to get to Palcho Monastery
At the north-western edge of Gyantse town, about 90 km by road south-east of Shigatse; carry your passport for road checkpoints.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Gyantse Dzong 江孜宗山 (under 10 km), Pala Manor 帕拉庄园 (under 10 km), Nenying Monastery 乃宁曲德寺 (10 km).
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