Ganden Monastery

Ganden Monastery
Ganden Monastery
Tibetan transcription(s); Tibetan: དགའ་ལྡན་; Wylie transliteration: dga' ldan; Pronunciation in IPA: [[ˈkàntɛ̃]]; Chinese transcription(s); Simplified: 甘丹寺; Pinyin: Gāndān Sì
	Ganden Monastery
Religion
Affiliation	Tibetan Buddhism
Sect	Gelug
Deity	Je Tsongkhapa
Location
Location	Wangbur Mountain, Dagzê County, Lhasa Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Country	China
	Location within Tibet Autonomous Region
Geographic coordinates	29°45′28.8″N 91°28′30″E
Architecture
Founder	Je Tsongkhapa
Date established	1409

Ganden Monastery (also Gaden or Gandain) or Ganden Namgyeling or Monastery of Gahlden is one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries of Tibet. It is in Dagzê County, Lhasa. The other two are Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery. Ganden Monastery was founded in 1409 by Je Tsongkhapa Lozang-dragpa, founder of the Gelug order. The monastery was destroyed after 1959, but has since been partially rebuilt. Another monastery with the same name and tradition was established in Southern India in 1966 by Tibetan exiles.

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