Gatö Jowo

Gatö Jowo
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height	5395  m (or 5470 m)
location	in Chidu County in Xinghai ( PR China )
Coordinates	33 ° 47 '38 "  N , 96 ° 35' 19"  E Coordinates: 33 ° 47 '38 "  N , 96 ° 35' 19"  E

Tibetan name
Tibetan script : དགའ་ སྟོད་ ཇོ་ བོ་
Wylie transliteration : dga 'stod jo bo
Chinese name
Simplified : 尕 朵 觉 沃
Pinyin : Gaduo Juewo

The Gatö Jowo ( Tib . : dga 'stod jo bo ) is one of the sacred mountains of the Tibetans .

It is located in a northern side valley of the Tongtian He , the upper reaches of the Yangtze River (Dri Chu), in the area of Yushu in the Tibetan cultural region of Kham .

Location of Chidu (pink) county in Yushu Autonomous Region of the Tibetans

The mountain is in the area of Gatö municipality ("Upper Ga" / sga stod / dga 'stod / Gadoi / chin. Gaduo 尕 朵 乡) of Chidu County (Thridu) of Yushu County in northwest China's Qinghai Province . Its highest peak is 5395 m, according to other information 5470 m high. It is at an average altitude of 4900 meters. In the legends of the Tibetans he is associated with the Tibetan king Thrisong Detsen ( khri srong lde btsan ) and the ruler Gesar .

literature

• Yeshe Gyamtso: Precious Essence: The Inner Autobiography of Terchen Barway. 2005

See also

• Kailash / Gang Rinpoche ( gangs rin po che )
• Khawa Karpo ( kha ba dkar po )
• Amnye Make ( a myes rma chen )

Web links

• Zangchuan Fojiao shenshan - Gaduo Juewo - Chinese
• Gaduo Juewo Shenshan - Chinese
• Gaduo Juewo Shenshan - Chinese
• Tan mi shenshan Gaduo Juewu - Chinese
• Gaduo Juewo - Chinese

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Chinese Gaduo Juewo 尕 朵 觉 沃 (among others)
2. ↑ Chinese 通天河
3. ↑ Chinese 称 多 县; also: Chindu

Gatö Jowo (alternative names of the lemma)
尕 朵 觉 沃; 尕 朵 觉 卧 神山; 尕 朵 觉悟; 尕 朵 觉悟 雪山; Gatoet Jowo; Jowo Mountain in upper Ga; Jowo of Upper Ga