Dargye Monastery
Appearance
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
Sect | Gelug |
Location | |
Location | Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Kham, China |
Country | China |
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Founder | Jedrung Sherab Wangpo |
Date established | 1642 |
Dargye Monastery (Tibetan: དར་རྒྱས་དགོན།, Wylie: dar rgyas dgon; Chinese: 大金寺; pinyin: Dàjīn Sì) is a Buddhist monastery in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Kham, Sichuan, China. It belongs to the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. The monastery was founded in the late seventeenth century by the First Hor Choje, Ngawang Puntsok, near Kandze.[1]
References
- ^ "Dargye Monastery". The Treasury of Lives: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Tibet, Inner Asia and the Himalayan Region. Retrieved 12 January 2022.