Jyeku DondrupLing, a major Sakya monastery in Jyekundo, was built on the site of earlier Bon and Kagyu monasteries. The Sakya presence was first established by Pakpa Lodro Gyeltsen, and then expanded into a formal monastery in the fifteenth century by Dakchen Sherab Gyaltsen. Jyekundo Dondrupling Monastery suffered heavy damage …

Zurmang Dutsitil monastery is a Karma Kagyu monastery in Yushu Qinghai province. It was founded in 1423 the First Zurmang Trungpa, Kunga Gyelten, and has been the seat of the Trungpa incarnations ever since. The name in Tibetan means “many cornered” referring to the irregularly shaped reed huts used by the first monastics in …

Gomar monastery is a Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism and its full names in Tibetan is Gomar Kelden Phuntsokling. It is located 5 kilometers north of Tongren County in Qinghai Province and was founded by the Lama Yarjang in 1741. Originally Lama Yarjang built a three-storey Maitreya hall in the …

Gyanak Mani in Seng-Se is a religious site of Tibetan Buddhism known for its huge number of  mani stones at Gyanak mani Temple in Yushu City, Yushu Autonomous District of the Tibetans in Qinghai Province, China. A key site on the city outskirts. Which has been recognized by the Tibetan …

The Nangshig monastery is located in the Amdo Ngawa region of Eastern Tibet. The Nangshig Monastery was founded in 1108 by Yonten Gyaltsen, who is also known as Nangshig Dophag Chenpo. Historically Nangshig became the seat of Nangzhig Kyabgons and the other senior lamas. Since its early history, this monastery …