Shar Yelpuk

Shar Yelpuk is a monastery in the high mountain country of Kham. Founded in 1171 by Yelpa Yeshe Tsek, it became the principal seat of the Yelpa Kagyu tradition, one of the smaller branches of Tibetan Buddhism's Kagyu school. The lineage later became closely associated with Tana monastery in Nangchen, connecting religious communities across the valleys of eastern Tibet.