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Chokorgyel Monastery
Tibetan transcription(s)
Tibetan: ཆོས་འཁོར་རྒྱལ་དགོན་པ་
Wylie transliteration: Chos 'khor rgyal dgon pa
Other transcriptions: Chökorye, Chokhor-gyal
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
SectGelug
Location
LocationMetoktang Valley, Gyatsa County, Tibet, China
CountryChina
Chokorgyel Monastery is located in Tibet
Chokorgyel Monastery
Location within Tibet
Geographic coordinates29°27′N 92°43′E / 29.450°N 92.717°E / 29.450; 92.717
Architecture
FounderGendun Gyatso, 2nd Dalai Lama
Date established1509
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Chokorgyel Monastery (Wylie: Chos 'khor rgyal dgon pa; also, Chökorye, Chokhor-gyal) is a Buddhist monastery in Gyatsa County in Tibet, China.[1]

  1. ^ Footprint Tibet Handbook: with Bhutan, 2nd Edition (1999) p. 221. Gyurme Dorje. Footprint Travel Guides. ISBN 1-900949-33-4, ISBN 978-1-900949-33-0.

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