SAKYA MONASTERY was built in 12 th century
by Khon Konchok Gyelpo from Sakya clan. The
monastery was originally built for the schools
of Sakya tribe and later on it was expended
to the present size by Dogon Chogyel Pakpa.
Drogon Chogyel Phakpa is the first Tibetan
Lama who took the ruling power in Tibet. Sakya
is the mother monastery of Sakyapa sect. The
temples of North Sakya were built first and
within these temples, the Gorum temple to
the northeast was the oldest, built in 1073
by Khon Konchok Gyelpo.
The Utse Nyingpa, Utse Sarpa, Manjughosa temples
were constructed by Sachen Kunga Nyingpo,
Choje Drakpa Gyeltsen and Sakya Pandita Kunga
Gyeltsen around the meditation cave of Sachen
but most of those temples are invisible now.The
temples of South Sakya, composed of one main
assembly hall, college buildings, palaces
and some chapels were gradually built during
the time of Drogon Chogyel Phakpa. The Sakya
monastery has 160 monks nowadays. |
