Incense burner of Rongphu, Tibet 2017
Also known as Dzarong phu ཛ་ རོང་ཕུ་. Communties of monks and nuns affiliated with the Nyingmapa tradition of Mindroling have been living in the Dzarongpu area since the late 18th century. The complex was revitalized at the beginning of the 20th century by the First Trulzhik Ngawang Tendzin Norbu (d 1940) who constructed a temple named Do-ngak Choling. Branch monasteries were also established across the Nangpa La pass in Shar Khumbu region of East Nepal. at the high point of its development, the Dzarongpu area (meaning "upper reaches of the Dza valley") had over 500 monks and nuns. Dzarong phu, with an impressive stupa in the foreground, facing the Central Rongpu Glacier of Jomo Langma or Mount Everest.
Incense burner of Rongphu, Tibet 2017
Also known as Dzarong phu ཛ་ རོང་ཕུ་. Communties of monks and nuns affiliated with the Nyingmapa tradition of Mindroling have been living in the Dzarongpu area since the late 18th century. The complex was revitalized at the beginning of the 20th century by the First Trulzhik Ngawang Tendzin Norbu (d 1940) who constructed a temple named Do-ngak Choling. Branch monasteries were also established across the Nangpa La pass in Shar Khumbu region of East Nepal. at the high point of its development, the Dzarongpu area (meaning "upper reaches of the Dza valley") had over 500 monks and nuns. Dzarong phu, with an impressive stupa in the foreground, facing the Central Rongpu Glacier of Jomo Langma or Mount Everest.