Nyethang Drolma Temple
| Nyethang Drolma Temple | |
|---|---|
Tibetan transcription(s) Tibetan: སྙེ་ཐང་སྒྲོལ་མ་ལྷ་ཁང་ Wylie transliteration: snye thang sgrol ma lha khang THL: Nyétang Drölma Lhakhang Chinese transcription(s) Simplified: 聶塘卓瑪拉康 Pinyin: Niètáng Zhuómǎ Lākāng | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
| Sect | Gelug |
| Location | |
| Location | Nyêtang, Qüxü County, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China |
| Country | China |
Location within the Tibet Autonomous Region, China | |
| Geographic coordinates | 29°31′46″N 90°56′59″E / 29.529446°N 90.949693°E |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Atiśa, Dromtön |
| Date established | Song dynasty |
The Nyethang Drolma Temple (Wylie: snye thang sgrol ma lha khang) is a temple in Nyêtang in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China dedicated to Tara. It is associated with Atiśa (980–1054), who founded the Kadam school of Tibetan Buddhism. The monastery survived the Cultural Revolution relatively undamaged. It is dedicated to Tara, a female bodhisattva, and contains many statues and paintings of Tara.