🛕 Riwoche Monastery

People's Republic of China · Asia · 31.37°N, 96.50°E

Riwoche Monastery, or Riwoche Tsukla Khang Tragyelma is a Taklung Kagyu monastery of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. It was founded in 1276 by Sangye On, and is one of the oldest and largest monasteries in eastern Tibet. A highly respected Kham regional monastery, it's also famous for its philosophers and logicians, and for the red, black and white painted tree-trunk columns.

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Country	People's Republic of China
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	31.37°N, 96.50°E · view on map

Riwoche Monastery is located in People's Republic of China, in Asia.

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