Lhagang Monastery, also known as Tagong Temple, stands amid the vast Tagong Grassland of Kham, beneath towering Yala Snow Mountain. Tracing its origin to the Tang Dynasty’s Princess Wencheng pilgrimage legend, the Sakya-sect monastery earned the title “Little Jokhang of Kham” for its revered replica of Lhasa’s sacred Jowo Buddha statue. Pilgrims travel far to circle its kora path lined with prayer wheels, worship ancient Buddhist relics and admire the neat row of 108 white stupas behind the main shrine. Rooted in over 1,300 years of Kham Tibetan faith, it remains the spiritual heart of Minyak region.
