List of Tibetan Monasteries - Kadam/Geluk

Kadam/Geluk

The three most important centers of the Gelugpa lineage are Sera, Drepung and Ganden Monasteries.

  • Alchi
  • Drepung — the home monastery of H.H. the Dalai Lama
  • Ganden — the seat of the Ganden Tripa
  • Jokhang — said to have been built by King Songtsen Gampo in 647 AD; a major pilgrimage site.
  • Kirti Gompa — Ngawa City, the main city in Ngawa County, within the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern Sichuan
  • Tradruk Temple — the largest, oldest and most important monastery in the Yarlung Valley. Said to have been built by King Songtsen Gampo
  • Labrang
  • Reting
  • Pabonka Hermitage
  • Sera — the largest monastery in Tibet, containing numerous colleges.
  • Spituk
  • Samstanling, in the Nubra Valley in Ladakh, India.
  • Tabo — the largest monastery in Spiti.
  • Tashilhünpo — the seat of the Panchen Lama
  • Yerpa - famous meditation site of King Songtsen Gampo and Padmasambhava.

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