TASHI LHUNPO MONASTERY is the
seat of the Penchen Lama, built
in 15th century by the first Dalai
Lama,called Gedun Drub. On the
slops of Drolmari, situated to
the west of the fortress of Shigatse
Dzong. The monastery is composed
of 3 big colleges such as Tsennyi
college, Ngapa college,Tse Gonkang
college and one big assembly hall
with numerous chapels around.
The main object of the monastery
are the giant gilled copper statue
of the Future Buddha Maitreya
which is (26Meters) high, built
in 1914, embodying loving kindness,
contains 6,700 teals of gold and
150 metric tons of copper, and
within it, an enormous juniper
tree from Reting monastery functions
as a life-supporting axis, Sok-Shing
in Tibetan, The tomb sutpas of
the successive Penchen Lamas,
the tomb of the 4 th, 10 th and
from those of 5 th to the 9 th
together respectively. There are
around 500 monks nowadays. |
