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Ganden Monastery (also Gaden or Gandain[citation needed]) or Ganden Namgyeling or Monastery of Gahlden[1] is one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries located in Dagzê County, Lhasa, Tibet. The other two are Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery.
Built in 1679, the monastery is the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Yunnan province and is sometimes referred to as the Little Potala Palace. Located in the capital of Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, it is also the most important monastery in southwest China.
Jan 15, 2021 · Ganden Monastery. Written by Kelly Pang Updated Jan. 15, 2021. Ganden Monastery was founded in 1409 by Tsongkhapa, the originator of the Gelugpa, or Yellow Hat, branch of Tibetan Buddhism. It is one of the three principle Gelugpa monasteries in the Lhasa district.
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Ganden Sumtseling Monastery is suitable for photography all the year around. There is a grand religious festival called Gedong Festival which is held annually during Dec.26 to Dec.29 by Tibetan calendar. During these days, people with the masks of the horse, cattle, sheep, crow, yak come to the square of Songzanlin Monastery and dance together with...
Songzanlin Monastery is a religious site, so travelers should dress modestly, behave with good manner. When visit the temple, please visit by clockwise. Don’t talk too loud, don’t smoke inside the temple. If you want to take photos of monks or pilgrims, you’d better get permission first. And photography is forbidden in the chapels.
When visiting the halls and eight colleges of Gaden Sumtseling Monastery, travelers should climb 146 steep stairs to reach the halls and temples. At an altitude of 3300m, it can be a little tired to walk up. The ring road of Lamuyangcuo Lake is 2110 meters which takes about 40 minutes by walking which demands your energy to finish it.
The best location to shoot the panoramic view of Songzanlin Monastery is CongGulong Village Viewing Deck which is located on the road to Lamuyangcuo Lake. The sunrise is around 07:00 and the sunset time is around 20:00. To shoot the sunset view, you’d better arrive early and wait for the amazing view. In the monastery, photographers could shoot Tha...
Ganden Sumtseling Monastery (噶丹松赞林寺, Songzanlin Temple), also known as Guihua Monastery (归化寺), is situated 5 kilometers north of Shangri-La, nestled at the foot of Foping Mountain and behind the Lamu Yangcuo Lake.
Ganden monastery is the greatest and the oldest of the six Gelug Sect’s monasteries, which is called one of “the three principal monasteries” (the other two are Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery). At its peak, it had a registration of more than 4,000 monks.
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Towering on the Wangbori Mountain, Ganden Monastery, built by Je Tsongkhapa in 1409, is the 1st and primary monastery of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism as well as one of the Great Three Holy Monasteries of Lhasa, along with Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery.
