Dzamtang

Dzamtang lies in the high mountain valleys of eastern Tibet and is closely associated with the Jonang school of Tibetan Buddhism. Its monasteries form a religious landscape in which several institutions have served the surrounding communities. Chöje, the oldest monastery of the complex, was founded in 1425 by Rinchen Pel. Tsangwa Monastery was established by Lodro Namgyal, a disciple of the Jonang master Taranatha. From Dzamtang, Jonang teachings spread through the mountain regions of Ngawa and Golok, and by the middle of the eighteenth century a network of monasteries had grown around this centre. Its religious heritage joined the district to communities across the eastern Tibetan highlands.