YERPA CAVE

ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས་ 城关区 (CN)
29.616700,91.250000
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

One of Tibets most famous cave sites is the steep sided, cave riddled Yerpa rock near Sera , north-east of Lhasa. The site has been used as a hermitage for a long time, eg. by the Indian Buddhist saint and reformator Atisha (AtÏsha), who was born in AD 925.WADDELL (1991: 34-35): Pal-dorje, having assasinated Lang Darma in about 899, took hide in one of the caves. PRICE (1988a: 16): North of the town [Lhasa] are hermit caves at Sera monastery.

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History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0YERPA CAVE 1
0.0YERPA CAVE 2
0.0YERPA CAVE 3
282.5MAIKEL, Mekrima (Hole at)
359.2SHINGJE CHOGYE PHUG
370.6PEMAKÖCHUNG NATURAL TUNNEL
553.9PUGO CAVE
674.3Tieren (Grotte de)
684.0Rje kun 'gro