Tibet, 22 October 2006. Tashilhunpo Monastery, founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama, is a historic and culturally important monastery in Shigatse, t

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Tibet, 22 October 2006. Tashilhunpo Monastery, founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama, is a historic and culturally important monastery in Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet. Like many such sacred Buddhist sites, it was attacked and damaged during the country's annexation by China, or the subsequent Cultural Revolution.

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