Riwoche Monastery

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Monastery

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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Riwoche Monastery

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