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The monastery is the second-largest in Asia. [9] Thikse Monastery: Ladakh Gelug 15th century Tholing Monastery: West Tibet Tibet Institute Rikon: Rikon, Switzerland Nyingma: Since 2007, the monastery comprises representatives of all four great traditions : Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug. Tingri Monastery Tsang Tradruk Temple: Lhokha Gelug
The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet The Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet. This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in the Tibet Autonomous Region for which there are Wikipedia articles.
Samtanling Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery located in the Nubra Valley, Ladakh India. It was founded in the early 19th century by Lama Tsultrim Nima and belongs to the Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism. References: Nawang Tsering Shakspo :"Samstanling Monastery: A Cultural and Historical Survey" (2009, Indus Publishing Company)
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery (Tibetan: བཀྲ་ཤིས་ལྷུན་པོ་) is an historically and culturally important monastery in Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet. Founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama , [ 1 ] it is the traditional monastic seat of the Panchen Lama .
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Tibetan monk Khenrap Chaeden during his visit to Mounts Botanical Garden. He was among the group visiting as par of the Sacred Arts Tour Monks of Drepung Gomang Monastery. Their home is in South ...
However, the true highest monastery in the world is Drirapuk Monastery in Ngari Prefecture, at an altitude of 5,072 metres (16,640 ft). [6] For Sherpas living on the south slopes of Everest in the Khumbu region of Nepal, Rongbuk Monastery was an important pilgrimage site, accessed in a few days' travel across the Himalaya through the Nangpa La. [7]
There are images of Milarepa, Tsongkhapa, and Shri Devi, a protectress whose mule is said to have left a footprint in the stone when she visited Milarepa in a vision. [ 4 ] Restoration work within the cave and the monastery was undertaken by artists and craftsmen from Nepal [ 8 ] and was financed in the 1970s by the Chinese government .