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Lhasa and its around Tsetang and its around Shigatse and its around Nari Chamdo |
Rongbuk monastery
Rongbuk monastery, located at the Mt. Everest, is the highest monastery in the world, the elevation here is about 5200m, almost the same hight as the basecamp of Mt. Everest. Rongbhuk monastery was built in 1899 by a Ningma - pa lama, once the number of lamas reached 500, but now only about 50 there, a strange phenomenon is that Lamas are living together with the nuns, some of them are from Nepal and Si king. Although it is small, but it holds good inflience ovr pilgrims, several monasteries in Nepal are affiliated to it. Rongbhuk monastery is the best position for watching and taking photoes of Mt. Everest.
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