Lowatö Jamkhang monastery, (near) Poindo/Lhunzhub, Xizang, CN

Raw data

Lowatö Jamkhang, the third and oldest of the group of Jampa Pan Sum monasteries in the Phenpo valley - McCue (2010:123)

Input by: tmciolek, Mar 15, 2013

Final data (and their sources)

Last updated: 16 Mar 2013

Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 2 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.

Location of Lowatö Jamkhang monastery, CN.

General location of the Lowatö Jamkhang monastery, CN.
Lat 29.98599 Long 91.00722
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2013.


Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=29.98599+91.00722+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Lowato%20Jamkhang%20monastery,%20CN)&ll=29.98599,91.00722&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en


Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

  • Lowatö Jamkhang monastery - McCue (2010:123)

2. Monastery's modern country & province

  • China:Xizang Zizhiqu

3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

  • [missing data]

4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

  • Approx. Lat 29.98599 Long 91.00722 - based on possible visual identification of the Lowatö Jamkhang as a complex of buildings in the area of a village Lapangang (a Chin. language echo of the name "Lowatö Jamkhang"?) in maps/satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 16 Mar 2013.
  • Alternatively, but less likely, it could be
  • Approx. Lat 29.96764 Long 91.02752 - i.e. coords. corresponding to a set of ruins in satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 16 Mar 2013.

5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries


6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village


7. The settlement's alternative/historical names


8. The settlement's coordinates


9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

  • Vajrayana

10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

  • [missing data]

11. Date-early

  • Founded as the second monastery in the series of Jampa Pan Sum monasteries : oldest - Lowatö Jamkhang (before 1012 CE); middle - Gyel Lhakhang (1012 CE); youngest - Rakma Jamkhang (1050 CE) - McCue (2010:122)
  • MBM chrono-tag 0967-99p 1000-32p - tmciolek 16 Mar 2013
  • 0967-99p 1000-32p 1033-66c 1067-99c 1100-32c 1133-66c 1167-99c 1200=> dated-el

12. Date-intermediate

  • [missing data]

13. Date-late

  • A very reference to the site in McCue (2010:122) seems to suggest that the monastery was active in the 2000s - tmciolek, 16 Mar 2013.
  • * MBM chrono-tag 1200=> - tmciolek 16 Mar 2013

14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

  • [missing data]

15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery

  • [missing data]

16. Additional notes

  • [missing data] (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)

17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by

  • [missing data]

18. Available Printed Literature

  • [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 1]
  • [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 2]
  • [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 3]

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