Gajiu Monastery is an ancient Buddhist temple located near the old Tibetan village of
Tsetang
Tsetang () or Zedang (), is the fourth largest city in Tibet and is located in the Yarlung Valley, southeast of Lhasa in Nedong District of the Shannan Prefecture in the Tibet region of China. It is the capital of Shannan Prefecture (which ...
in the province of
Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are other ethnic groups s ...
. Only ruins remain of the temple which was built at the foot of ''Mount Gongbori''.
Archaeological sites in Tibet
Former Buddhist temples
Shannan, Tibet
Tibetan Buddhist monasteries
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