Drepung Monastery

The Drepung monastery is one of the three Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet (the other two being Ganden and Sera). Drepung is the largest of all Tibetan monasteries and at its peak also was the largest monastery in the world, housing 15000 monks in 1959. Founded in 1416 by Jamyang Chojey, the founder of the Gelukpa school, it is located on the Gambo Utse mountain, 5 km west of Lhasa.


01 Stupa and building	02 Stairs	03 Passageway	04 Golden prayer cylinders	05 Buddhist paintings on rock


06 Buddhist paintings on rock	07 Building with roof decorations	08 Stairs	09 Court and building


10 View of monastery	11 Staircase and building	12 Door frame detail	13 View of Lhasa valley	14 Wall decorations


15 Building	16 Inner court and building	17 Colourful window and golden roof decorations	18 Solar heating unit	19 Chapel with golden statues and decorations


20 Chapel with golden statues and decorations	21 Chapel with golden statues and decorations	22 Chapel and wall frescoes	23 Stairs and golden roof cylinder	24 Golden roof cylinder


25 Court and temple	26 Court and temple	27 Court and temple

Other Tibet galleries: Lhasa ▪ Lhasa Valley ▪ Ganden Monastery ▪ Himalaya mountains

Categories: Historical sites ▪ Tourist attractions ▪ Tibetan architecture ▪ Monasteries ▪ Religious sites ▪ Buddhism

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