Lhasa Great Mosque
Also known as: Lhasa Great Mosque
mosque in Tibet
Key facts
- Built
- 1716
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Overview
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The Lhasa Great Mosque stands in the Chengguan District of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. Also known as Gyel Lhakhang, it lies southeast of Barkhor Square. It is described as the largest mosque in the city and covers an area of about 2,600 square metres. Its worshippers are mostly descendants of immigrants who arrived from Ladakh and Kashmir in the 17th century.
History
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The mosque is recorded as having been built in 1716, and one source places its construction in the early 18th century. It was rebuilt and renovated in 1959, and it has kept its present form since that work.
From Wikipedia
The Lhasa Great Mosque (simplified Chinese: 拉萨清真大寺; traditional Chinese: 拉薩清真大寺; pinyin: Lāsà Qīngzhēndàsì; Standard Tibetan: རྒྱ་ཁ་ཆའི་ལྷ་ཁང་།་), also known as the Hebalin Mosque (Chinese: 河坝林清真寺; pinyin: Hébàlín Qīngzhēn Sì), is a mosque in Lhasa, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyel_Lhakhang_(Moschee)
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhasa_Great_Mosque
Wikipedia (fr): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Mosqu%C3%A9e_de_Lhassa
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Agung_Lhasa
Wikipedia (ru): https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhasa_Ulu_Camii