Shannan, Tibet

prefecture-level city in southeastern Tibet, China

lake in Shannan, Tibet, China

Samye Monastery (, ), full name Samye Migyur Lhundrub Tsula Khang (Wylie: Bsam yas mi ’gyur lhun grub gtsug lag khang) and Shrine of Unchanging Spontaneous Presence, is the first Tibetan Buddhist and Nyingma monastery built in Tibet, during the reign of King Trisong Deutsen. Khenpo Shantarakshita began construction in 763, and Tibetan Vajrayana founder Guru Padmasambhava tamed the local spirits before its completion in 767. The first Tibetan monks were ordained there in 779. Samye was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution then rebuilt after 1988.

lake in Nakartse County, Lhoka, Tibet, China

Tibetan monastery in Changzhug, Nedong, Shannan, Tibet, China

river watercourse in eastern Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh

river in Bhutan

mountain in People's Republic of China