Must-see temple · Lhasa, Lhoka
Drepung Monastery
འབྲས་སྤུངས་དགོན། 哲蚌寺
Drepung Monastery is a temple in Lhasa, Lhoka.
Drepung Monastery: crowds and conditions
Typical pattern: heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.
Status options for this temple: Open, normal crowd · Very crowded today · Festival / special day · Closed today.
Best time to visit Drepung Monastery
Season: Year-round; festival days and Karthika masam (Nov) draw the biggest crowds.
Busiest days: Weekends, festival days and Karthika masam (Nov).
Crowd: Heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning.
Typical week: Mon busy · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri busy · Sat packed · Sun packed.
How to reach Drepung Monastery — distance from nearby cities
Coordinates: 29.67662, 91.04758. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.
Places to visit near Drepung Monastery
- Nechung Monastery · temple · Lhasa · ~1 km · Must-see
- Mount Gephel · viewpoint · Lhasa · ~3 km · Must-see
- 噶东寺 · Buddhist site · Lhasa · ~5 km · Must-see
- Lhalu Wetlands National Nature Reserve · sanctuary · Lhasa · ~6 km · Must-see
- Norbulingka · fort · Lhasa · ~6 km · Must-see
- Tibetan National Museum · museum · Lhasa · ~7 km · Must-see
- 功德林寺 ཀུན་བདེ་གླིང · Buddhist site · Lhasa · ~8 km · Must-see
- Chagpori · viewpoint · Lhasa · ~8 km · Must-see
- Potala Palace · fort · Lhasa · ~9 km · Must-see
- Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet · fort · Lhasa · ~9 km · Must-see
- Garu Nunnery · Buddhist site · Lhasa · ~9 km · Must-see
- Ramoche Temple · temple · Lhasa · ~10 km · Must-see
- Tsomon Ling · Buddhist site · Lhasa · ~10 km · Must-see
- Pabonka Hermitage · Buddhist site · Lhasa · ~10 km · Must-see
- Jokhang Monastery · temple · Lhasa · ~11 km · Must-see
- Muru Nyingba Monastery · Buddhist site · Lhasa · ~11 km · Must-see
- Sera Monastery · temple · Lhasa · ~11 km · Must-see
- Tsamkhung Nunnery · Buddhist site · Lhasa · ~11 km · Must-see
Other temples near Drepung Monastery
- Nechung Monastery · temple · Lhasa · ~1 km · Must-see
- Ramoche Temple · temple · Lhasa · ~10 km · Must-see
- Jokhang Monastery · temple · Lhasa · ~11 km · Must-see
- Sera Monastery · temple · Lhasa · ~11 km · Must-see
- 喜德寺 བཞི་སྡེ་བསམ་གཏན་གླིང། · temple · Lhasa · ~10 km
- Zhebeng Si · temple · Lhasa · ~0 km
- Karchung Temple · temple · Lhasa · ~8 km
- Zhaibung Si · temple · Lhasa · ~11 km
- Sela Si · temple · Lhasa · ~12 km
- Nalinzha Si · temple · Lhasa · ~18 km
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Frequently asked
How crowded is Drepung Monastery today?
No visitor has reported the rush & crowd status for Drepung Monastery yet. Typical pattern: heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning. Busiest: Weekends, festival days and Karthika masam (Nov).
What is the best time to visit Drepung Monastery?
Year-round; festival days and Karthika masam (Nov) draw the biggest crowds. Heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning.
What are the places to visit near Drepung Monastery?
Nearby: Nechung Monastery (temple, 1 km), Mount Gephel (viewpoint, 3 km), 噶东寺 (Buddhist site, 5 km), Lhalu Wetlands National Nature Reserve (sanctuary, 6 km), Norbulingka (fort, 6 km), Tibetan National Museum (museum, 7 km).
Is Drepung Monastery worth visiting?
Drepung Monastery is listed as a must-see temple in Lhoka on Spotwander.