Dakpa Sheri
People's Republic of China · Asia
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Dakpa Sheri (Tibetan, Wylie: dag pa shel ri, THL: dak pa shel ri, pinyin: Dá guā xī rè), explained as "Pure Crystal Mountain" and also known as Tsari (Tibetan, Wylie: rtsa ri), is a mountain in the eponymously named Tsari region in Lhöntse County of Tibet's Shannan Prefecture. The mountain is considered sacred for Tibetans and the pilgrimage route circumambulates the mountain. Takpa Siri ridge consists of four hills/ passes and four water bodies. Following border tensions between China and India, the pilgrimage was stopped after 1956.
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