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Ganden monastery
Ganden monastery

Ganden Monastery is one of the 'great three' Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet, located on Wangbur Mountain, Tagtse County, 47 kilometers from Lhasa. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x750, 167 KB) Photographer: Philipp Roelli (2005) File links The following pages link to this file: Ganden Monastery ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x750, 167 KB) Photographer: Philipp Roelli (2005) File links The following pages link to this file: Ganden Monastery ... The Geluk (dge lugs) School was founded by Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibets best known religious reformer and arguably its greatest philosopher. ... A monastery is the habitation of monks, derived from the Greek word for a hermits cell. ... Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, pinyin: Xīzàng; older spelling Thibet) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ... Lhasa is located in the Lhasa Valley of Tibet. ...


The monastery has since been re-established in India by the Tibetan population in exile.


The other two are Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery. Sera Monastery is one of the great three Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet. ... Drepung monastery Drepung Monastery is one of the great three Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet. ...


External links

  • http://www.ganden.org/

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Ganden (242 words)
Established by Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), the founder of the Gelugpa sect, in 1409 the main hall of the monastery was consectrated in 1417.
Destroyed by bombing and artilery fire in 1966, Ganden is slowly being rebuilt by the courage and devotion of monks with private funds.
Ganden is slowly being rebuilt with the courage and devotion of monks using private funds.
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