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Ganden Namgyal Ling, Tibet 2017

Situated 45km east of Lhasa, the monastery of Ganden Namgyeling was founded in 1409 by Tsongkhapa on the Gokpori ridge of Mount Wangkur, overlooking the south bank of the river and the Phenyul valley beyond.
Named after the paradise of Maitrya,Ganden was the first and leading Gelukpa monastery, constructed by songkhapa himself. The site, where he himself had meditated, was known to have had ancient associations with King Songtsen Gampo and his queens as MountWangdur was named after a coronation ceremony performed at the birth of the king, and the adjacent Mount Tsunmo Dingri was named after the queens’favourte picnic ground. The sacred Jowo Rinpoche image of Lhasa is said to have indicated the significance of the site to Tsongkhapa, who founded the monastery in 1409 and the Chikhorkhang in 1415. The AssemblyHall (Tsokchen) was built in 1417, and the two colleges of Ganden known as Jangtse (North Point) and Shartse (East Point) were respectively founded by two of his closest disciples - Namka Pelzangpo and Neten Rongyelwa. A tantric college (Gyudra) was also established by another of his students, Je Sherab Senge.

Ganden Monastery (also Gaden or Gandain) or Ganden Namgyeling is one of the 'great three' Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet, located at the top of Wangbur Mountain, Tagtse County, 36 kilometers ENE from the Potala Palace in Lhasa, at an altitude of 4,750m. (The other two 'great monasteries' are Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery.)

Its full name is Ganden Namgyal Ling (dga'-ldan rmam-rgyal gling). Ganden means "joyful" and is the Tibetan name for Tuṣita, the heaven where the bodhisattva Maitreya is said to reside. Namgyal Ling means "victorious temple".

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Taken in: China / Tibet / Gandaingoin (show map)

Taken on: September 19, 2017

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