Ganden Monastery was founded in 1409 by Je Tsongkhapa Lozang-dragpa, founder of the Gelug order.
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11 Facts About Ganden
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Ganden Monastery is at the top of Wangbur Mountain, Dagze County at an altitude of 4,300m.
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Ganden means "joyful" and is the Tibetan name for Tusita, the heaven where the bodhisattva Maitreya is said to reside.
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Tsongkhapa's tomb is in the center left, close to it on the right with four large pillars is the Assembly Hall of the monastery, and the house where the Ganden Tripa lived and the Dalai Lama's apartments under gilt roofs.
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Ganden Monastery was completely destroyed by the People's Liberation Army during the 1959 Tibetan uprising.
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Ganden contained more than two dozen major chapels with large Buddha statues.
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Ganden's main assembly hall is a white building with gold-capped roofs, near a huge square.
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Three main sights in the Ganden Monastery are the Serdung, which contains the tomb of Tsongkhapa, the Tsokchen Assembly Hall and the Ngam Cho Khang the chapel where Tsongkhapa traditionally taught.
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The curriculum of the Ganden Monastery remains similar to the teachings of the pre-1959 Ganden Monastery.
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