Mangnang Monastery

Mangnang Monastery
Mangnang Monastery in 1866
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
Location
LocationNgari Prefecture, Tibet
CountryChina
Location within Tibet
Geographic coordinates31°21′3.6″N 79°47′13.2″E / 31.351000°N 79.787000°E / 31.351000; 79.787000
Architecture
Date established11th century

Mangnang Monastery (Chinese: 芒囊寺) was a Buddhist monastery in western Tibet. Founded in the 1037, it was visited by the British in 1866, who photographed it. The photographs are now part of the Royal Geographical Society. The monastery was probably destroyed in 1959.

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