Gyel Lhakhang (mosque)
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Tibetan script :
རྒྱལ་ ལྷ་ ཁང །
བོད་ ལྗོངས་ ལྷ་ ས་ ཨི་ སི་ ལན་ ཕྱག་ ཁང་ ཆེན་ མོ ། |
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Wylie transliteration : rgyal lha khang
lha sa i si lan phyag khang chen mo |
| Chinese name |
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Simplified :
清真寺
拉萨 清真 大寺 |
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Pinyin : Qīngzhēn Sì
Lāsà Qīngzhēn Dàsì |
Gyel Lhakhang is the largest mosque in the Tibetan capital Lhasa . It is located on Wailing Lam Street, southeast of Barkhor Square. The mosque was built in the early 18th century and covers 2,600 square meters. Most of its visitors are descendants of immigrants from Ladakh and Kashmir in the 17th century.
See also
Web links
- Alexander Berzin : The History of the Muslims in Tibet ( studybuddhism.com )
References and footnotes
- ↑ Gyurme Dorje: Tibet handbook: with Bhutan , p. 91.
| Gyel Lhakhang (alternative names of the lemma) |
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| Gyal Lhakhang, Lasa Da Qingzhensi, 拉萨 大 清真寺 |
Coordinates: 29 ° 39 ′ 3 ″ N , 91 ° 8 ′ 12.2 ″ E