Tashi Lhunpo Monastery
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Tashi Lhunpo Monastery is an historically and culturally important monastery in Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet. Founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama, it is the traditional monastic seat o
Entrance to Tashi Lhunpo Monastery
A view of the monastery
Another view of the monastery
The thangka wall overlooking the monastery
1st Dalai Lama
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The 1st Dalai Lama, Gedun Drupa was a student of Je Tsongkhapa, and became his first Khenpo at Ganden Monastery. He also founded Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Shigatse. He was posthumously awarded the spi
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Gedun Drupa, 1st Dalai Lama