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Dargye Monastery

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Dargye Monastery
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
SectGelug
Location
LocationGarzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Kham, China
CountryChina
Architecture
FounderJedrung Sherab Wangpo
Date established1642

Dargye Monastery (Tibetan: དར་རྒྱས་དགོན།, Wylie: dar rgyas dgon; Chinese: 大金寺; pinyin: Dàjīn Sì) is a Buddhist monastery in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Kham, Sichuan, China. It belongs to the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. The monastery was founded in the late seventeenth century by the First Hor Choje, Ngawang Puntsok, near Kandze.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Dargye Monastery". The Treasury of Lives: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Tibet, Inner Asia and the Himalayan Region. Retrieved 12 January 2022.