Jyekundo Dondrubling Gompa or Jyegu Gompa,Gyêgu Gompa

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Gyêgu, like most parts of Yushu prefecture, is moreover rich in Buddhist monasteries. Being a constituent of the late Nangchen kingdom, the area was, for most of the time, not under domination by the Dalai Lama’s Gelugpa order in Lhasa. The different balance of power in this part of Kham enabled the older Tibetan Buddhist orders to prevail in Yushu, and thus Gyêgu.

The main monastery in Yushu's Gyêgu townshipThe main lamasery in town is the Sakyapa monastery Doendrub Ling, commonly just called Yushu Gompa. Like at the beginning of the 20th century.

Other nearby monastic sites include the important Karma-Kagyupa lamaseries Domkar Gompa and Thrangu Gompa, the famous Mahavairocana Temple (often called Wencheng Temple) and the popular religious site of Gyanamani with its billions of mani stones.

Prior to collectivization in 1958, the entire monastic population of present-day Yushu TAP amounted to more than 25,000 Buddhist monks and nuns, with approximately 300 incarnate lamas among them. On the average about three to five per cent of the population were monastic, with a strikingly higher share in Nangqên county, where monks and nuns made up between 12 and 20 % of the community.
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Taken in: 中國 / 青海省 / 结古 (show map)

Taken on: September 24, 2009

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Jan Reurink

Jyekundo Dondrubling Gompa

Jyegu Gompa

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Yushu county

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