The Jokhang, historically known as the Rasa Trulnang or Zuglagkang, is considered the spiritual heart of Lhasa. It comprises a Tibetan Buddhist temple, its surrounding temple complex, and a Gelug school monastery, and stands on Barkhor Square. It was built around the year 640 by King Songtsen Gampo to house the Jowo Mikyo Dorje, a statue of Akshobhya Buddha brought to Tibet by his Nepalese queen, Bhrikuti. A second statue, the Jowo Shakyamuni, brought by his Tang Chinese queen Wencheng, is housed in the temple today, while the Jowo Mikyo Dorje is kept at the nearby Ramoche.
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountPargor Subdistrict, People's Republic of China 2 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account Connections
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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1. Jokhang (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation- Wikipedia "Jokhang" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article (standing)
The Jokhang, historically known as the Rasa Trulnang or Zuglagkang, is considered the spiritual heart of Lhasa. It comprises a Tibetan Buddhist temple, its surrounding temple complex, and a Gelug school monastery, and stands on Barkhor Square. It was built around the year 640 by King Songtsen Gampo to house the Jowo Mikyo Dorje, a statue of Akshobhya Buddha brought to Tibet by his Nepalese queen, Bhrikuti. A second statue, the Jowo Shakyamuni, brought by his Tang Chinese queen Wencheng, is housed in the temple today, while the Jowo Mikyo Dorje is kept at the nearby Ramoche.
In Style: Tibetan Architecture, Wikipedia infobox
architecture: Vihara, Tibetan, Nepalese
View the Source 2. Jokhang (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (639)
Wikidata item Q735914, property P571: 639
Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Buddhist temple)
Wikidata item Q735914, instance of (P31): Buddhist temple
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Pargor Subdistrict, People's Republic of China
Wikidata item Q735914, property P131/P17 (location): Pargor Subdistrict, People's Republic of China
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