Tingri (town)

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name = Tingri
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translit_lang1_info1=Ding-ri
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image_caption          = Tingri, Tibet, 1993


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subdivision_name1      = Tibet
subdivision_type2      = Prefecture
subdivision_name2      = Xigaze Prefecture
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subdivision_name3      = Tingri County
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Tingri or Dingri or Dhingri ( _bo. དིང་རི་; . The "gompa" or temple was built in the Padampa Sange's meditation cave and became the seat of the Dampapa School of Tibetan Buddhism. It is in the process of restoration. [Dowman, Keith (1998). "The Power-Places of Central Tibet: The Pilgrim's Guide", p. 281. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., London. ISBN 0-7102-1370-0.]  

Footnotes

ee also

*List of towns and villages in Tibet
*Dampa Sangye

External links

* [http://fallingrain.com/world/CH/14/Tingri.html Fallingrain.com]
* [http://encarta.msn.com/mapof_8071171/Tingri.html MSN encarta map] coord|28|34|N|86|38|E|region:CN_type:city|display=title