Drepung Monastery
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Drepung Monastery (T. ‘bras spungs dgon pa འབྲས་སྤུངས་དགོན་པ་). One of the three main Gelug monasteries near Lhasa, Tibet. It was founded in 1416 by Jamyang Choje Tashi Pelden (1379-1449), a disciple of Tsongkhapa. It contains the Ganden Podrang residence which served as the seat of the Dalai Lamas until the seventeenth century.
Further reading
Drepung Monastery, Treasury of Lives
Drepung Monastery, Wikipedia
Drepung Monastery, Rigpa Shedra Wiki- A Brief History of Drepung Monastery from the Berzin Archives
