Centuries-old nunnery 80% destroyed by Dingri earthquake in Tibet

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(TibetanReview.net, Jan16’25) – China’s state media confirmed that a centuries-old nunnery was 80% destroyed and a monastery structurally damaged in Dramtso Township of Dingri county as a result of the devastating earthquake of Jan 7 morning.

Tsogo (Zingkar) Chode Monastery and the 600-year-old Zombo Monastery (Dzongphub Nunnery) suffered extensive structural damage, reported China’s official chinadaily.com.cn Jan 16.

The report said most of the residences at Zombo Monastery had collapsed, making it difficult for the search and rescue personnel to track the intermittent cries for help. Rescuers were stated to have used mobile phones to determine the exact location of the buried i...

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