Ratö Gompa (Ratö)

China / Xizang / Lasa / Ratö
 buddhist monastery, Tibetan monastery
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One of the six major monasteries of the Kadampa sect in Lhasa during the Atisha period. It once housed about 400 monks and was founded in the late 11th century by Takshang, a lama born in 1045. The monastery now belongs to the Gelugpa and had 50 monks in the 1990s.
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Coordinates:   29°31'58"N   90°54'58"E
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