Pabonka Hermitage

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Pabonka Hermitage
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Pabonka Hermitage
Religion
Affiliation Tibetan Buddhism
FestivalsSix-day Avalokiteśvara fasting Losar ritals
Sixteen day fourth Tibetan month fasting rituals
“Sixth-Month Fourth-Day” pilgrimage
LeadershipPart of Sera Monastery today.
Location
LocationMount Parasol, Lhasa Prefecture, Tibet, China
CountryChina
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Location within Tibet
Geographic coordinates 29°43′11″N91°7′06″E / 29.71972°N 91.11833°E / 29.71972; 91.11833
Architecture
Founder Songtsen Gampo
Date established7th century

Pabonka Hermitage (Pha bong kha), also written Pawangka, [1] is a historical hermitage, today belonging to Sera Monastery, about 8 kilometres northwest of Lhasa in the Nyang bran Valley on the slopes of Mount Parasol (Dbu gdugs ri) in Tibet.

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Founded by Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century, it is currently the largest and most important of the Sera hermitages and is the starting point for the “Sixth-Month Fourth-Day” (Drug pa tshe bzhi) of the Sera Mountain Circumambulation Circuit (Se ra’i ri ’khor) pilgrimage.

Footnotes

  1. Gyurme Dorje (1999). Tibet Handbook with Bhutan (2nd ed.). Bath, UK: Footprint Handbooks. p. 122. ISBN   978-1-900949-33-0.

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