Ngor

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Ngor or Ngor Éwam Chöden is the name of a monastery in the Ü-Tsang province of Tibet about 20 kilometres southwest of Shigatse and is the Sakya school's second most important gompa. It is the main temple of the large Ngor school of Vajrayana Buddhism, which represents eighty-five percent of the Sakya school. ()

Local name: 俄尔寺 Coordinates: 29°7'7"N, 88°49'30"E

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Ngor – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Narthang Monastery, Qugboxung.

6.5 miNW
Temple
Narthang Monastery
165 min walk • Narthang Monastery is a monastery located 15 km west of Shigatse in Tibet. Founded in 1153 by Tumtön Lodrö Drakpa, a student of Sharawa Yonten Drak. Narthang was an influential Kadam monastery, and the fourth great monastery of Tsang, with Shalu Monastery, Sakya and Tashilhunpo.
5.6 miNE
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Qugboxung
143 min walk • Qugboxung is a village and township of the Samzhubzê District, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. At the time of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 5,428 and an area of 310 square kilometres.As of 2013, it had 15 villages under its administration.