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Sekhargutok Monastery                                        Write a Review

Located in Lhodrak County, the monastery was built in about 1080 A.D. According to Milarepa Biography, the monastery actually a Nine Stored Castle was constructed by the famous Buddhism master Mharpa'disciple Milarepa, who painstakingly constructed it in order to atone for his sin. Either in the history of Buddhism sects or in the fields of the architecture or the painting art in Tibet, this monastery has taken a very important position.


Tradruk Temple                                                  Write a Review

Tradruk Temple is one of the earliest Buddhist Temples in Tibetan history. Built in 641 A.D, it is said that King Songtsan Gampo established the temple to suppress the ogress in order to prosper his kingdom, and later it became the winter palace of the King and Princess Wencheng in Tsedang. It contains the precious relics the Pear Tangkha, which, 2 meters in length, 1.2 meters in breadth, is made of 29026 pears and different precious stone by Naidong during the reign of Pamodrupa Kingdom.