Sakya Monastery

a Buddhist monastery

Blog created: 07/31/2020

Sakya Monastery is situated 25 km southeast of a bridge which is about 127 km west of Shigatse on the road to Tingri in Tibet. It belongs to Sakya County, Shigatse region. Zhong Qu river flows by the monastery, which naturally divided https://www.greattibettour.com/tibet-attractions/sakya-monastery-370">Sakya Monastery into the north and south two temples. In Tibetan, the word Sakya means “gray soil” referring to the weathered gray earth on the Bonbori Hill where the monastery is located.