Palcho Monastery

Local nameདཔལ་འཁོར་ཆོས་སྡེ (白居寺)
LocationShigatse, China

The Palcho Monastery or Pelkor Chode Monastery or Shekar Gyantse is the main monastery in the Nyangchu river valley in Gyantse, Gyantse County, Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. The monastery precinct is a complex of structures which, apart from the Tsuklakhang Monastery, also includes its Kumbum, believed to be the largest such structure in Tibet, that is most notable for its 108 chapels in its several floors and the old Dzong or fort.

Tags Place of WorshipTibetanBuddhist
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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palcho_Monastery

Address China

Coordinates 28°55'28.98" N 89°35'41.918" E

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