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Mindrolling Monastery 敏珠林寺Mǐnzhūlín Sì
National heritage site · Shannan, Tibet
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shannan
- Region
- Tibet
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Mindrolling Monastery
One of the principal monasteries of the Nyingma school, founded in its present form in 1676 by Terdak Lingpa on the site of an earlier temple, and rebuilt after damage by Dzungar troops in 1718. The three-storey main hall has an assembly hall with murals of fierce protector deities and a chapel painted with the great Nyingma lamas. Mindrolling was long known for Tibetan calendar studies, calligraphy, medicine and incense making.
How to get to Mindrolling Monastery
About 45 minutes by road west of Tsetang, in a side valley south of the Yarlung Tsangpo; carry your passport for road checkpoints.
Nearby
- Jokhang Temple & Barkhor 大昭寺与八廓街 60 km
Tibet's holiest temple, ringed by the pilgrim circuit of the Barkhor - Potala Palace 布达拉宫 60 km
The red and white palace of the Dalai Lamas, rising in tiers above Lhasa
Also within 20 km: Dratang Monastery 扎塘寺 (under 10 km), Namseling Manor 朗色林庄园 (10 km), Songkar Stone Stupas 松卡石塔 (10 km), Samye Monastery 桑耶寺 (20 km).
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