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Taklung Monastery

Daglung, China

Taklung MonasteryTibetan:, Wylie: stag lung dgon pa, ZWPY: Taklung Gönpaalso rendered as Dalong Monastery, is a Tibetan Buddhism monastery located in Taklung Town, Nagarzê County, Shannan, Tibet. It stands on the summit of an east–west oriented mountain at an elevation of about 4,500 meters. The hilltop fortress is largely in ruins and may be the original monastery founded in 1180.

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