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. |
