Rongbuk Monastery | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
Sect | Nyingma |
Location | |
Location | Basum Township |
Country | China |
Geographic coordinates | 28°11′47″N 86°49′40″E / 28.19639°N 86.82778°E |
Architecture | |
Founder | Ngawang Tenzin Norbu |
Date established | 1902 |
Rongbuk Monastery (Tibetan: རྫ་རོང་ཕུ་དགོན་, Wylie: rdza rong phu dgon; other spellings include Rongpu, Rongphu, Rongphuk and Rong sbug (simplified Chinese: 绒布寺; traditional Chinese: 絨布寺; pinyin: Róngbù Sì)), also known as Dzarongpu[1] or Dzarong[citation needed], is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect in Basum Township,[2] Dingri County, in Shigatse Prefecture of Tibet.