Stock Photo - Ganden Monastery is one of the ´great three´ Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet. The other two being Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery. It was the original monastery of the Geluk order,founded by Tsongkhapa himself in 1409,and traditionally considered to be the seat of Geluk administrative and political power. The Ganden Monastery was completely destroyed following the Chinese invasion in 1959,and since the 1980s has been re_building.

Stock Photo: Ganden Monastery is one of the 'great three' Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet. The other two being Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery.

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