Important Tourist Tashilhunpo Monastery in Central Tibet

Tashilhunpo Monastery is one of the most important monasteries in Central Tibet Tour of China besides being the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama. After the Tibetan national uprising that took place in 1959, a handful of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery monks along with many thousands of Tibetans escaped into India. The Monastery was then subsequently re-established in Bylakuppe in Karnataka State, India. With the induction of new recruits over the years, the Monastery today has about 250 monks. Most of our major monasteries are thriving, but Tashilhunpo is still facing difficulties.

The leged goes like; Tashilhunpo monastery Tibet Travel was found by Gendun Drub who was later named as the first Dalai Lama. The fourth Panchen Lama started massive reconstruction and renovation of the monastery and the successive lamas continued it. In 1791 this monastery was attacked by Nepalese Gurkha warriors who later retrieved when Chinese marched to the monastery. In 1960, in absence of Panchen lama Chinese took control over the monasteries. Later in 1972 Dalai Lama the 14th ordered re-establishment of this monastery in Karnataka, India. Entry of general public has been allowed from the late 1980’s but not all the part of monastery is permitted to explore. Still this temple is able to attract a huge number of tourists.

It is the tallest building in the west of the monastery travel to China with a height of 30m, enshrining a gigantic sitting Maitreya Buddha on a splendid lotus throne with its hands in the symbolic teaching pose. The statue was erected in 1914 by the ninth Panchen Lama. It should be the largest sitting Buddha in the world, which is 26.2m high and weights in 335kg of gold and 115700kg of copper with over 1400 pearls and precious stones. Visitors can have a closer view on each part of this artwork at each of the five storeys in the hall.