Taklung Monastery

Taklung Monastery
Taglung Lineage Teachers, 14th-century painting in the Rubin Museum of Art
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
SectTaklung Kagyu
Location
CountryChina
Location within Tibet
Geographic coordinates30°08′N 91°06′E / 30.133°N 91.100°E / 30.133; 91.100
Architecture
FounderTaklung Thangpa Tashi Pal
Date established1180

Taklung Monastery, Taklung stag-lung, Taklung Yarthang Monastery, Pel Taklug Tang (dPal sTag lung thang) or Taklung or Taglung Gompa is a Kagyu Buddhist monastery about 120 km north of Lhasa.

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