Yangpachen Monastery

Yangpachen Monastery
Dorje Ling Ani Gompa Nunnery, 2006
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
Location
LocationYangpachen, Tibet Autonomous Region
CountryChina
Location within Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates29°59′33″N 90°24′48″E / 29.9924°N 90.4134°E / 29.9924; 90.4134
Architecture
Established1504

Yangpachen Monastery (Chinese: 羊八井寺 Tibetan: tubten yangpachen, Wylie: thub bstan yangs pa can, ZWPY: [ཐུབ་བསྟན་ཡངས་པ་ཅན] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1: ཐ) (help)) is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Yangpachen (Tibetan: yangs pa can; Thub btsan yangs pa can), in the Lhasa Prefecture of Tibet. It is historically the seat of the Shamarpas of Karma Kagyü. It is about 85 km (53 mi) southeast of Lhasa "on the northern side of the Lhorong Chu valley above the Lhasa-Shigatse highway."

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