Lamaling Monastery
བླ་མ་གླིང་།
A Nyingma monastery whose main hall is modeled on Padmasambhava's copper-colored Sangdo Pelri palace, with an octagonal three-story golden roof of distinctive design.
Lamaling Monastery sits on a hillside in Bujiu Township of Bayi District. It is an important Nyingma (Red Sect) monastery in the Nyingchi area, founded under the guidance of Dudjom Rinpoche. Its main hall, Sangdo Pelri (meaning Copper-Colored Auspicious Mountain), is designed after the legendary pure-land palace of Padmasambhava. It is an octagonal three-story building with a different Buddha image on each floor, and its golden roof gleams in the sunlight, an architectural form rare in Tibet. Woods surround the monastery, with distant views over the Yarlung Tsangpo valley. Admission is about 20 to 30 yuan, and a visit takes about 1 hour. Getting there: it is about 1 hour by car from Bayi Town toward Milin, and can be combined with Yani Wetland and Bönri Sacred Mountain in one day. Note: Remove your hat when entering the halls, keep quiet, and walk around the halls clockwise. Photography is forbidden in some halls. Please respect the monks' practice.
Opening hours
09:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Yani National Wetland Park
- Gala Peach Blossom Village
- Giant Cypress Park (King Cypress)
- Niyang Pavilion
- Biri Sacred Mountain Boardwalk
- Bayi Town (Nyingchi City)
- Millennium Walnut King
- Bönri Sacred Mountain