Kumbum Monastery, Qinghai Sheng, China
Kumbum Monastery also known as Ta’er Monastery is a gompa founded in 1583 in a narrow valley close to the village of Lusar in the historical region of Amdo, nowadays the Qinghai province in the People’s Republic of China. Its superior monastery is Drepung Monastery, immediately to the west of Lhasa. It was ranked in importance as second only to Lhasa.
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