Ganden Monastery (Uranchimeg Tsultem Gallery) | Regions, Countries & Places Index

Ganden Monastery (Ganden Namgyal Ling, dga' ldan rnam rgyal gling) was founded by Je Tsongkapa in 1409 and is the seat of the Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism. The supreme abbot of the monastery is called the Ganden Tripa (throne holder) and he is also the head of the Gelug Tradition. The most precious object in the temple is the stupa containing the body of Tsongkapa, created in 1419. Ganden, along with Sera and Drepung, are the three most important Gelug monasteries and are commonly considered the largest in all of Tibet.

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