Sanga Monastery
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Infobox Tibetan Buddhist monastery Sanga Monastery is a small Tibetan Buddhist monastery located in the town of Dagzê in Dagzê County, Lhasa, Tibet.
Location
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History
The monastery was built by Je Tsongkhapa in 1419. It is part of the Gelug sect, and is under the jurisdiction of Ganden Monastery. At its height there were one hundred monks in residence.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". During the Cultural Revolution the temple lost many artifacts, and buildings were destroyed.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In November 1986 the monastery was re-opened after repairs.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 2012 there were over thirty monks in residence. That year a bathhouse was installed for the first time.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The monastery has a greenhouse.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Roof of Sanga Monastery
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Dhvaja (Victory banner), Roof of Sanga Monastery
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Statue of the 5th Dalai Lama, Lobsang Gyatso
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