Surmang Monastery was founded about 600 years ago by Trungmase, a student of Deshin Shekpa, the 5th Gyalwa Karmapa. The name in Tibetan means “many cornered” referring to the irregularly shaped reed huts used by the first monastics in the area.  In recent years Namgyal-tse has been largely restored under …

Dana Monastery to see King Gesar’s Thirty Warrior Stupa. Dana Monastery is remote and is the only monastery which built during the King Gesar reign of Tibet. And also the only Yerpa Kagyul tradition exist in Tibet. The mountain top monastery sits at 4300 meters and is surrounded by jagged …

Gading Monastery is located 10 kilometers east of Modoung village of Nangchen. It was founded in 1300 AD by Puchong Randing, a disciple of the Barong Kagyu Sect, and converted to the Nyingma Sect in 1536. In the year of 1652, the fifth Dalai Lama Lobsang Gyatso returned to Tibet …

Nangchen Gar is a Drukpa Kagyu monastery lies in the southeast of Nangchen county. The monastery houses several hundred monks. This monastery is divided in a lower and an upper part. The upper part is the most lively. The location of the upper part is quite spectacular seen from below. …

Dzamthang monasteries are located at a same place adjoining each other in the valley of mid Dzamthang. The largest three monasteries Tsangwa. Choje and Tsechu are formed a monastic city in this valley. Tsangwa Monastery གཙང་བ་དགོན་པ། Tsangwa Monastery is an important Jonang monastery that was founded in 1717 by Lodro …