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Shalu Monastery Images - Added

Images of Samye Monastery have been added to the site courtesy of the Sarah Richardson Photographic Archive. Samye Monastery, located in central Tibet, is regarded as the first Buddhist monastery to be built in Tibet. From approximately the time of Sakya Pandita (1182-1251) the monastery has been under the administration of the Sakya Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.