Kundeling Monastery, Lhasa

Name: Kundeling Monastery
Address: Lhasa, China

#8 among attractions in Lhasa

Buddhist architecture, Monastery

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Kundeling Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, China. It was founded around 1794, and follows the Gelug school. The head of the monastery belongs to a lineage of incarnations that dates back to 1402. There is dispute over the current incarnation. The monastery was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution, then rebuilt in the 1980s. ()

Local name: 功德林寺 Coordinates: 29°39'23"N, 91°6'22"E

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Kundeling Monastery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Potala Palace, Norbulingka, Tibet Museum, Chagpori.

0.6 miE
Famed royal retreat from 17th century
Potala Palace, Lhasa
17 min walk • Perched on the Red Hill in Lhasa, China, the Potala Palace serves as an emblematic fortress and a testament to Tibetan architecture. This monumental structure, once the winter residence of the Dalai Lama, is now a museum and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, drawing...
1.1 miW
Buddhist architecture, Aquarium, Zoo
Norbulingka, Lhasa
28 min walk • Norbulingka is a palace and surrounding park in Lhasa, Tibet, China, built from 1755. It served as the traditional summer residence of the successive Dalai Lamas from the 1780s up until the 14th Dalai Lama's exile in 1959.
0.7 miSW
History museum, Museum
Tibet Museum, Lhasa
17 min walk • The Tibet Museum is the official museum of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in Lhasa. Inaugurated on October 5, 1999, it is the first large, modern museum in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
0.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Chagpori, Lhasa
10 min walk • Chagpori, Chakpori, Chokpori, Chagpo Ri Wylie: lcags po ri, literally "Iron Mountain"; is a spirit-mountain of Vajrapani within the city of Lhasa in Tibet. It south of the Potala and just to the left when one is facing the Potala. It is considered to be one of the four holy mountains of central Tibet.
0.7 miE
Memorial
Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, Lhasa
18 min walk • The Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet stands in the southern part of the Potala square in Lhasa, just outside the protective zone and buffer zone of the World Heritage Site.
0.7 miE
Calm monastery with mountain view
Namgyal Monastery, Lhasa
18 min walk • Namgyal Monastery is currently located in Mcleod Ganj, Dharamsala, India. It is the personal monastery of the 14th Dalai Lama. Another name for this temple-complex is Namgyal Tantric College.
0.6 miSW
Church
Catholic Church of Lhasa, Lhasa
15 min walk • The Catholic Church of Lhasa Also called the Lhasa Chapel, was the first Catholic church in Tibet in China. It was founded in 1726 and disappeared in 1745.
1.4 miNW
Park
Lalu Wetlands National Nature Preserve, Lhasa
36 min walk • Lalu Wetlands National Nature Reserve, also known as Lhasa Wetlands Nature Preserve, protects 625 hectares of wetlands in the center of Lhasa City, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in the southwestern People’s Republic of China.

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Nearby attractions include Chagpori, Lhasa (10 min walk), Catholic Church of Lhasa, Lhasa (15 min walk), Potala Palace, Lhasa (17 min walk), Tibet Museum, Lhasa (17 min walk).