Lithang (Litang)

Lithang (Litang), in the Kham region of eastern Tibet (now in the Garzê prefecture of Sichuan, China), is home to a major Gelug monastery. It was the birthplace, in 1708, of the Seventh Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso; the line of the Tenth Dalai Lama is also connected with the region.