Ganden Monastery, also known as Ganden Namgyeling, is one of the three great Gelug university monasteries, located in Dagzê, near Lhasa, Tibet, alongside Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery. It was founded in 1409 by Je Tsongkhapa Lozang-dragpa, the founder of the Gelug order. The monastery was destroyed after 1959 and has since been partially rebuilt; a separate monastery of the same name and tradition was established by Tibetan exiles in southern India in 1966.
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Ganden Monastery was founded in 1409 by Je Tsongkhapa Lozang-dragpa, founder of the Gelug order.
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Ganden Monastery (also Gaden or Gandain) or Ganden Namgyeling or Monastery of Gahlden is one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries located in Dagzê County, Lhasa, Tibet. The other two are Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery. Ganden Monastery was founded in 1409 by Je Tsongkhapa Lozang-dragpa, founder of the Gelug order. The monastery was destroyed after 1959, but has since been partia
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