Raw data
Ratö Gompa (Ratö )
Main building of the large monastery complex.
World / China / Xizang / Lasa
Coordinates: 29°31'58"N 90°54'59"E
http://wikimapia.org/12137321/Ratö-Gompa
Ratö
Village (chin.: Redui cun) in Qüxü county.
Within the village is Ratö monastery. This monastery was founded in the late 11th century by Takshang. It once housed 400 monks. Now it belongs to the Gelugpa and has 50 monks […]
Coordinates: 29°31'58"N 90°55'0"E
http://wikimapia.org/12137094/Ratö
Note: Not to be confused with the Rato Dratsang, a 14th century “a scholastic monastery of over four hundred residents” situated just outside Lhasa (for details of Rato Dratsang monastic university see http://www.ratodratsangfoundation.org/about.html).
Rato - Lat 29.528 Long 90.910 - http://www.colorado.edu/APS/landscapes/tibet/inventory.htm#central
Input by: tmciolek, Jan 19, 2013
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 19 Jan 2013
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 Ratö monastery, CN.
Lat 29.53515 Long 90.91757
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2013.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Ratö monastery - http://wikimapia.org/12137094/Ratö
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- China:Xizang Zizhiqu
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Ratö Gompa - http://wikimapia.org/12137321/Ratö-Gompa
- Reduisi
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 29.53515 Long 90.91757 - based on visual identification of the site in maps/satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 19 Jan 2013.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- [missing data]
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 29.554019 Long 90.965475 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyêtang
- Approx., Lat 29.5000 Long 90.9000 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/14/Nyetang.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Vajrayana
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- Kadam?
- Now a Gelug monastery - http://wikimapia.org/12137094/Ratö
11. Date-early
- Founded in the late 11th century by Takshang [ven.takshang] - http://wikimapia.org/12137094/Ratö
- MBM chrono-tag 1067-99p - tmciolek 19 Jan 2013
- 1067-99p 1100-32c 1133-66c 1167-99c 1200=> dated-el
12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
- Active in the 2000s - http://wikimapia.org/12137094/Ratö
- MBM chrono-tag 1200=> - tmciolek 19 Jan 2013
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- [missing data]
16. Additional notes
- It once housed 400 monks. Now it belongs to the Gelug sect and has 50 monks - http://wikimapia.org/12137094/Ratö
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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