Shelkar
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Shelkar or Shekar[2][1] (Tibetan: Script error: No such module "Lang"., "white crystal";Template:Sfn Template:Lang-zh), also called New Tingri,[3] is a town in, and the administrative centre for, Tingri County, Shigatse in southern Tibet Autonomous Region. The town has a population of 9,528, per the 2010 Chinese census.[4]
History
The early British expeditions to Mount Everest in 1921, 1922 and 1924 all stopped at Shelkar Dzong on their way from Darjeeling to the northern side of Everest.[5][6]
Geography
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Landmarks
Shelkar is famous for the Shelkar Chode Monastery, a Gelug monastery which was completely destroyed but is being restored.Template:Sfn Despite being founded in 1266 by a Kagyu lama, it has been a Gelugpa monastery since the 17th century, and formerly had some 400[1] monks. Although, destroyed[1] by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution, the assembly hall has been rebuilt, and there is an active branch monastery in Boudhanath, Nepal.Template:Sfn
- Shelkar Chode Monastery
The old Shekar Dorje dzong, or fort, is above the new town and used to enclose Shekar Chode. The ruins of the old Dzong are located on the hill behind the monastery.[8]
Demographics
The town has a population of 9,528, per the 2010 Chinese census, up from the 8,767 recorded in the 2000 Chinese Census.[4]
Footnotes
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- ↑ See Howard-Bury, Charles and Leigh-Mallory, George Herbert (1922) Mount Everest: the reconnaissance, 1921 Longmans, Green and Company, New York, pages 96 and 120, Template:Catalog lookup link,
- ↑ Anderson, Ken "George Mallory to Sherpa Tenzing - Conquering Mighty Everest", accessed 23 August 2010
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References
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External links
- Photograph of Shekar Dzong in 1924 at The Bentley Beetham Collection
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