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Lhasa, China Page
Other names: Lhassa,La-sa,Lhasa Shi,La-sa-shih
World:China:Xizang Zizhiqu
Lat 29.6500 Long 91.1000
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/14/Lhasa.html
Ramoche Temple (Tibetan: ར་མོ་ཆེ་དགོན་པ་; Wylie: Ra-mo-che Dgon-pa; […] Chinese: 小昭寺; pinyin: Xiǎozhāosì) is a Buddhist monastery is considered the most important temple in Lhasa after the Jokhang Temple. Situated in the northwest of the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, it is east of the Potala and north of the Jokhang.
29.658611, 91.130278
Gelugpa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramoche_Temple
Input by: tmciolek, Dec 15, 2009
Final data (and their sources)
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Ramoche monastery, CN.
lat=29.658611 long=91.130278
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- China:Xizang Zizhiqu
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Ra-mo-che Dgon-pa - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramoche_Temple
- Xiǎozhāosì - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramoche_Temple
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 29.658611 Long 91.130278 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramoche_Temple
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Lhassa - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/14/Lhasa.html
- La-sa - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/14/Lhasa.html
- Lhasa Shi - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/14/Lhasa.html
- La-sa-shih - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/14/Lhasa.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly, Lat 29.6500 Long 91.1000 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/14/Lhasa.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Vajrayana
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- Originally - a multi-denominational Vajrayana, subsequently a Gelugpa (Dge-lugs-pa) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramoche_Temple
11. Date-early
- Founded c. 650 CE as a temple. Started operating as a monastery sometime after Samye, the first Tibetan monastery has been founded in 779 CE.
12. Date-intermediate
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13. Date-late
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14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- Archaeological
16. Additional notes
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