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Ramoche Temple 小昭寺Xiǎozhāo Sì
National heritage site · Lhasa, Tibet
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Lhasa
- Region
- Tibet
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Ramoche Temple
A 7th-century temple in Lhasa's old town, traditionally said to have been founded by Princess Wencheng and regarded as the city's most important temple after the Jokhang. It houses the Jowo Mikyo Dorje, a statue of the Buddha associated with the Nepalese queen Bhrikuti. Fire destroyed the original building; the present three-storey temple goes back to a rebuilding of 1474 and was restored from 1986 after being gutted in 1959.
How to get to Ramoche Temple
About 1 km north of the Jokhang, an easy walk through the old town.
Nearby
- Jokhang Temple & Barkhor 大昭寺与八廓街 under 10 km
Tibet's holiest temple, ringed by the pilgrim circuit of the Barkhor - Potala Palace 布达拉宫 under 10 km
The red and white palace of the Dalai Lamas, rising in tiers above Lhasa
Also within 20 km: Tromzikhang (Qing Ambans' Office Museum) 冲赛康 (under 10 km), Drak Lhalupuk Cave Temple 查拉鲁普石窟 (under 10 km), Lhasa Nanshan Park 南山公园 (under 10 km), Tibet Museum 西藏博物馆 (under 10 km), Norbulingka 罗布林卡 (under 10 km), Qinghai-Tibet-Sichuan-Tibet Highway Monument 川藏、青藏公路纪念碑 (under 10 km).
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