Dawa Choling Gompa
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| Construction year: | 1916 |
| Builder : | Lama Gulu |
| Location: | 27 ° 50 '1 " N , 86 ° 41' 59.8" E |
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Tengboche Nepal |
| Purpose: | Buddhist monastery |
The Dawa Choling Gompa or Tengboche Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the village of Tengboche in the Khumbu region in VDC Khumjung in the Solukhumbu district in Nepal . The sacred building is located at the foot of the northern slope of the Thamserku at an altitude of 3867 m . The monastery has the largest gönpa in the Khumbu region.
The building was built in 1916 by Lama Gulu, who had close ties with the Rongpu Monastery in Tibet . On January 15, 1934, the building was destroyed by an earthquake and then rebuilt. Caused by a spark, the building burned to the ground on January 19, 1989 . Local artisans, monks and the Sherpa community helped with the reconstruction with support from the Edmund Hillary Fund and numerous international associations. During the earthquake in Nepal in 2015 , large parts of the monastery building collapsed again.
The Tengboche Monastery is located in the middle of the Sagarmatha National Park , which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979 , and offers a panoramic view of the Himalayan mountains , including the famous Taboche (6501 m), Mount Everest , Nuptse , Lhotse , Ama Dablam ( 6814 m ) and Thamserku ( 6623 m ).
Tengboche is the end point of the Sacred Sites Trail Project , a circular route along ten monasteries for tourists and mountaineers. The most important monasteries in the Solukhumbu district are, besides the Dawa Choling Gompa in Tengboche, Thubten Chöling Gompa , Namche Gompa and Thame Gompa .
geography
Tengboche Monastery is located on a hill at the confluence of the Dudhkoshi and Imja Khola rivers . It is located in the Khumbu northeast of Kathmandu on the Nepalese-Tibetan border and is inhabited by the Sherpas who emigrated from Tibet 600 years ago. The monastery can be reached on foot on a mountain trail from Namche Bazar via Lukla Airport .
architecture
The monastery was built from stone masonry . The inner courtyard and the sacred places are spacious to allow the monks to carry out their religious rites. The main building has the necessary Dokhang, the prayer room in which the large statue of Siddhartha Gautama is worshiped. The statue extends over two levels of the monastery and includes the "Ser sang lha khang", the shrine room on the first floor. The Buddha statue by Siddhartha is flanked by Manjushri , the god of wisdom, and Maitreya , the Buddha of the future. The scriptures of Kanjur , the canonical translation of Buddha's teachings into the Tibetan language, are also part of the Holy of Holies. The rebuilt monastery is a large and impressive structure with a campground in the front and a few huts. Tengboche is surrounded by ancient mani stones and prayer flags on the surrounding peaks. Although the original paintings of the monastery are dated to the 14th century, according to the Austrian ethnologist Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, the current paintings are from the 20th century. The art critic Tucci rated the wall paintings , the thangka scroll paintings and the sculptures as follows:
"Motifs of differing origin and baroque exuberance of workmanship are underlined by a certain heaviness of design and concern not to leave any space unfilled."
"Motifs of various origins and baroque, lively design are emphasized by a certain severity of the design and the concern not to leave any space unfilled."
Tucci continues the exaggerated depictions of Tibetan art:
“Even the shape of the Tibetan utensils and furniture is overblown. The bulging teapots, rather short necked with their high domed lids have none of the lightness of the Persian or Chinese ones. "
“Even the shapes of the Tibetan utensils and furniture are bombastic. The bulging teapots, rather short-necked with their high domed lids, have nothing of the lightness of Persian or Chinese specimens. "
gallery
Sagarmata peak
Statue at the entrance
(Wall) painting in the monastery
Interior of the monastery
Ama Dablam through archway
Chörten and Bistro
Reception in popular culture
The monastery is mentioned in the lyrics of the song Wild Man by British singer Kate Bush . In the US feature film Everest from 2015, indoor and outdoor shots are shown briefly.
Web links
- Bernd Loppow: Puja and audience in Tengboche Monastery . In: The time . May 25, 2003.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ang Rita Sherpa: Sacred Sites of Khumbu region. (PDF) In: The Mountain Institute. Archived from the original ; accessed on May 19, 2016 (English).
- ^ A b Tengboche Monastery Development Project. In: purehost.com. Archived from the original ; accessed on May 19, 2016 (English).
- ↑ Carsten Holm: Nepal before the earthquake: My Shangri-La. In: Spiegel Online . June 10, 2015, accessed May 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Bradley Mayhew, Joe Bindloss, Stan Armington: Nepal . Lonely Planet , 2006, ISBN 1-74059-699-4 , pp. 337-338 (English).
- ↑ Liesl Clark: Tyengboche Monastery. In: Public Broadcasting Service . June 10, 2015, accessed May 20, 2016 .