Kham Attractions

Gonchen (also known as Derge Monastery) is a large Sakya Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the town of Derge, in Sichuan, China. Gonchen is located in the ethnic Tibetan cultural region of Kham. Gonchen Monastery was founded by Thang Tong Gyalpo (or Tangton Gyelpo) (1385-1464), a Buddhist yogi and polymath, physician, …

This temple is more than 1300 years old and built by the Chinese Princess Wen Cheng who married the famous Tibetan King – Tsongtsen Gampo in the 7th Century A.D. She brought with her the famous Sakyamuni statue and is still venerated today at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa. Both …

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 …

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 …