Gyeltang Sungtseling Gonpa, Tibet 2015
The Gyeltang Sungtseling Monastery is sometimes referred to as the Little Potala Palace; it was built in 1679.
gyel tang sung tse gling dgon paགྱེལ་ ཏང་ སུང་ ཙེ་ གླིང་ དགོན་པ་
The Gyeltang Sungtseling Gonpa was extensively damaged in the Cultural Revolution and subsequently rebuilt in 1983 by Tibetans and are stil working on it; at its peak the monastery contained accommodation for 2000 monks; it currently accommodates 700 monks in 200 associated houses.
The monastery contains 3 temples and features an 8 metre tall statue of Buddha.
Gyeltang Sungtseling Gonpa, Tibet 2015
The Gyeltang Sungtseling Monastery is sometimes referred to as the Little Potala Palace; it was built in 1679.
gyel tang sung tse gling dgon paགྱེལ་ ཏང་ སུང་ ཙེ་ གླིང་ དགོན་པ་
The Gyeltang Sungtseling Gonpa was extensively damaged in the Cultural Revolution and subsequently rebuilt in 1983 by Tibetans and are stil working on it; at its peak the monastery contained accommodation for 2000 monks; it currently accommodates 700 monks in 200 associated houses.
The monastery contains 3 temples and features an 8 metre tall statue of Buddha.