Young monk in red Gangteng Gonpa Monastery nr village of Gantey, Phobjika valley, Wangdue Phodrang District, central Bhutan.
Gangteng Gonpa (Dzongkha: sometimes written "Gangtey Goenpa", is the name of an important monastery and the adjacent village in the Phobjika valley of Wangdue Phodrang District in central Bhutan. Gangteng Monastery, or Gangteng Sangngak Chöling was established by the first Peling Gyalsé Rinpoche or Gangteng Tulku, Rigdzin Pema Tinley (1564-1642), who was the grandson of the great Bhutanese "treasure revealer" Terchen Pema Lingpa (1450-1521). Gangteng Monastery is one of the main seats of the religious tradition based on Pema Lingpa's revalations and one of the main centres of the Nyingmapa school of Buddhism in Bhutan. From 2002-2008 the Monastery has been completely restored under the present Gangteng Tulku, Rigdzin Kunzang Pema Namgyal (b. 1955). A Nyingma monastic college or shedra, Do-ngag Tösam Rabgayling, has been established above the village. On the 10th of October, 2008 Gangteng Sang-ngak Chöling was restored to its original glory, and consecrated by the incarnations of Pema Lingpa, in a grand ceremony graced by the fourth King of Bhutan.
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Location: Gangtey Gonpa Wangdi Phodrang Dzongkhag Bhutan Asia
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