Tso Gon

Tso Gon Ganden Choling is a Gelug monastery in the Amdo region, amid the highlands north of the Tao River. Sherab Chokdan founded it in 1650. Its most striking building was a nine-storey tower dedicated to the Tibetan Buddhist master Milarepa. Begun in 1777 under the teacher Losang Darje, the tower followed the form of a house associated with Milarepa's training under his master Marpa. The monastery became a centre of religious life among the communities of the surrounding uplands.