Tawang Monastery
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Tawang Monastery is a prominent 17th-century Tibetan Buddhist monastery in northeastern India, renowned as one of the largest monasteries in the world and an important center of Mahayana Buddhism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tawang Monastery canonical | 4 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monastery
ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhist monastery ⓘ religious building ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Gaden Namgyal Lhatse ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Tibetan Buddhist architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dalai Lama
ⓘ
Drukpa Kagyu Buddhism ⓘ
surface form:
Himalayan Buddhism
Tibetan culture ⓘ |
| contains |
courtyards
ⓘ
library ⓘ residential quarters for monks ⓘ scripture hall ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Mahayana Buddhist practice ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Merag Lama Lodre Gyatso ⓘ |
| foundedIn |
1680
ⓘ
17th century ⓘ |
| foundedUnderPatronageOf | 5th Dalai Lama ⓘ |
| governingBody | monastic administration of Tawang Monastery ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
monastic education center
ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ religious and cultural center ⓘ |
| hasMainTemple | Dukhang (assembly hall) ⓘ |
| hasMonks | several hundred monks ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | major Buddhist heritage site in India ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arunachal Pradesh
ⓘ
India ⓘ Tawang ⓘ
surface form:
Tawang district
Tawang ⓘ
surface form:
Tawang town
|
| locatedInMountainRange | Eastern Himalayas ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | “celestial paradise in a clear night” ⓘ |
| nearBorderWith |
Bhutan
ⓘ
China ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an important center of Mahayana Buddhism
ⓘ
being one of the largest monasteries in the world ⓘ being the largest monastery in India ⓘ its large monastic community ⓘ its role in Tibetan Buddhist education ⓘ |
| order | Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| primaryDeity |
Shakyamuni Buddha
ⓘ
surface form:
Buddha Shakyamuni
|
| region |
Northeast India
ⓘ
surface form:
Northeastern India
|
| religiousAffiliation |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Mahayana ⓘ
surface form:
Mahayana Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism destination
ⓘ
religious tourism destination ⓘ |
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