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The Jokhang (, ), historically known as the Rasa Trulnang (ra sa 'phrul snang) or Qoikang Monastery or Zuglagkang ( or Tsuklakang), is considered the "heart of Lhasa". The Jokhang consists of a Tibetan Buddhist temple, its temple complex, and a Gelug school monastery. Located in Barkhor Square, it was built in c.640 by King Songsten Gampo to house the Jowo Mikyo Dorje, a statue of Akshobhya Buddha, brought to Tibet by his Nepalese queen, Bhrikuti. Another statue, the Jowo Shakyamuni, brought by his Tang Chinese queen Wencheng, is currently housed in the temple and the Jowo Mikyo Dorje is house

Drepung Monastery

Tibet Monastery

Ganden Monastery

monastery in Dagzê District, Lhasa, Tibet, China

Erdene Zuu Monastery

Ivolginsky Datsan

building in Republic of Buryatia, Russia

Reting Monastery

building in Tanggu, China

Labrang Monastery

monastery in Xiahe County, Gansu, China

Kumbum Monastery

Tibetan monastery in Lusar, Huangzhong County, Xining, Qinghai, China

Namgyal Monastery

building in Namgyal Monastery, India

Thikse Monastery

Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume

Buddhist Monastery in Elista, Russia

Sanga Monastery

building in Sanga Monastery, China

Spituk Monastery

Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, India

Toling Monastery

building in Zanda County, China

Likir Monastery

Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, India

Kopan Monastery

tibetan Buddhist monastery near Kathmandu, Nepal

Gelug monastery of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia

Tamchinsky datsan

Buddhist monastery at Lake Gusinoye, Buryat Republic, Russia

Kandze Monastery

Gelugpa Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Garzê county, Garzê, Sichuan, China

Tibetan Buddhist monastery in China's Sichuan Province

Tabo Monastery, Himachal Pradesh

10th century Tibetan Buddhist monastery and temples complex in India

Chokorgyel Monastery

monastery in Gyaca County, Shannan, Tibet, China

building in Tongren City, China

Wudang Lamasery

building in Xiguit District, China

buddhist monastery in Inner Mongolia, China

thumb|Khosheutovsky khurul A khurul (; or hure or küriye) is a Buddhist monastery (temple, abode) in Kalmyk (Mongol-Oirat) Lamaism. Some of the most famous Kalmyk khuruls are the Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume (contemporary) in Elista, Republic of Kalmykia, Russia, and the Khosheutovsky khurul (which was originally in the Kalmyk AO / Kalmyk ASSR, but is now located in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia).

Basgo Monastery

Buddhist monastery in Ladakh