Nyal (Lhokha)

Nyal is a district of southern Tibet, in the Lhokha (Lhoka) region. It was the birthplace, in 1079, of Gampopa (Dakpo Lharjé), the physician-monk who became Milarepa's foremost disciple, unified the Kadam and Mahāmudrā streams, and founded the Dakpo Kagyu tradition.