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Dratang Monastery 扎塘寺Zhātáng Sì
National heritage site · Shannan, Tibet
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shannan
- Region
- Tibet
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Dratang Monastery
A monastery founded in 1081 by the scholar and physician Drapa Ngönshé and finished in 1093, built as a mandala with three rings of walls; it passed to the Sakya school in the 13th century. Only the ground floor of the main hall and parts of the outer wall survive, but its central chapel keeps early murals that have been conserved since the 1990s.
How to get to Dratang Monastery
In Dranang county town, about 45 minutes by road west of Tsetang; carry your passport for road checkpoints.
Nearby
- Jokhang Temple & Barkhor 大昭寺与八廓街 50 km
Tibet's holiest temple, ringed by the pilgrim circuit of the Barkhor - Potala Palace 布达拉宫 50 km
The red and white palace of the Dalai Lamas, rising in tiers above Lhasa
Also within 20 km: Mindrolling Monastery 敏珠林寺 (under 10 km), Songkar Stone Stupas 松卡石塔 (10 km), Samye Monastery 桑耶寺 (20 km), Namseling Manor 朗色林庄园 (20 km).
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