Ani Tsankhung Monastery is a yellow building located in one of the busy back alleys south of the Barkhor area, standing on a rocky promontory, isola ...

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With a nickname of Minor Jokhang Temple, Remoche Temple is a Buddhist monastery considered as the most important temple in Lhasa after the Jokhang T ...

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Officially inaugurated in October of 1999, the Tibet Museum is a Tibetan-theme museum enjoying a permanent collection that celebrates the History of ...

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Namtso Lake, also called Lake Nam, is a mountain lake on the border between Damxung County of Lhasa Prefecture and Baingoin County of Nagqu Prefectu ...

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Also called Yamdrok Yumtso, the lake is 110 km southwest of Lhasa. Encompassing an area of 638 square kilometers, it is regarded by Tibetans as one ...

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Notably situated high up on the Gokpori Ridge about 45km east of Lhasa, the monastery was finished on 1410 by Tsongkhapa himself. But the main hall ...

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About 4 km north of Lhasa, the monastery was built in 1419 by Sakya Yeshe, a disciple of Tsongkhapa. It is named after the wild rose flowers grown o ...

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Drepung, which means rice heap in Tibetan language, lies 8 kilometers west of Mt. Gambo Utse. The monastery covers more than 200 thousand square met ...

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Situated about 3 km in the west of the town, the Norbulingka (Norbu means treasure in Tiberan; lingka means garden in Tibetan) was built in 1740's d ...

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With a history of more than 1,300 years, the Barkhor is essentially a pilgrim circuit, which is followed clockwise round the periphery of the Jokhan ...

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