Sershul

Sershul lies in the high pastoral country of Dzachuka in northern Kham. The broad grasslands and mountain valleys of the upper plateau are home to many Tibetan Buddhist foundations. Sershul Monastery became one of the principal Gelug institutions of the region, serving a community spread across extensive grazing lands. In 1760 Rabjampa Tenpa Dargye, a monk from Tashilhunpo, founded the monastery with the support of the Yidlun Lhari family of Derge. Its establishment tied this remote pastoral district to religious and aristocratic networks extending far beyond the grasslands.