Sanga Monastery
{{Short description|Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Dêqên, Tibet, China}}
{{for|the monastery in Sikkim, India|Sanga Choeling Monastery}}
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|religious_affiliation = Tibetan Buddhism
|s= 桑阿寺
|p= Sāngāsì
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|map_caption = Location within Tibet
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|location_country = China
|location = Dagzê, Dagzê, Lhasa, Tibet, China
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|established = {{start date and age|1419}}
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|sect = Gelug
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Sanga Monastery is a small Tibetan Buddhist monastery located in the town of Dagzê in Dagzê County, Lhasa, Tibet.
Location
Sanga Monastery is located in the center of the old city of Dagzê.{{sfn|Tian Zhilin|2012}}
The temple grounds cover about {{convert|15|acre}}, and the building covers {{convert|2343|m2}}.
The Lhasa River can be seen from the rear of the monastery.{{sfn|landyliao|2014}}
Diagonally above the monastery on the hillside are the ruins of a hilltop fort.
This is the ruin of Dagtse Dzong, or Dechen Dzong. Dzong means "fort".{{sfn|Kelly|Bellezza|2008|p=143}}
History
The monastery was built by Je Tsongkhapa in 1419.
It is part of the Gelug sect, and is under the jurisdiction of Ganden Monastery.
At its height there were one hundred monks in residence.{{cn|date=October 2020}}
During the Cultural Revolution the temple lost many artifacts, and buildings were destroyed.{{sfn|landyliao|2014}}
In November 1986 the monastery was re-opened after repairs.{{cn|date=October 2020}}
In 2012 there were over thirty monks in residence. That year a bathhouse was installed for the first time.{{sfn|Tian Zhilin|2012}}
The monastery has a greenhouse.{{sfn|Tibet Daily|2012}}
File:Sanga Monastery roof - Dhvarja.jpg|Roof of Sanga Monastery
File:Dhvaja, roof of Sanga monastery.jpg|Dhvaja (Victory banner), Roof of Sanga Monastery
File:Lobsang Gyatso.jpg|Statue of the 5th Dalai Lama, Lobsang Gyatso
References
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Sources
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- {{cite book|last1=Kelly|first1=Robert|last2=Bellezza|first2=John Vincent|title=Tibet. Ediz. Inglese
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bo7_pF-ab_wC&pg=PA143|access-date=2015-02-25
|year=2008|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74104-569-7}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.isfashion.com/news/20140408/11728.html|author=landyliao|title=Wonderful blessed Sanga Monastery|work=isfashion.com|date=2014-04-08|access-date=2015-02-25|archive-date=2015-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225182518/http://www.isfashion.com/news/20140408/11728.html|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite web|language=zh|url=http://www.mzb.com.cn/html/Home/report/334574-1.htm|author=Tian Zhilin|work=Chinese national newspaper|date=2012-10-08|title=Tibetan monks of Dazi Sanga: Government does practical things for the temple|access-date=2015-02-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130812134923/http://www.mzb.com.cn/html/Home/report/334574-1.htm|archive-date=2013-08-12}}
- {{cite web|url=http://news.ifeng.com/gundong/detail_2012_09/23/17830549_0.shtml
|author=Tibet Daily|work=Phoenix New Media|title=Let the people of all nationalities share the results of reform and development|date=2012-09-23|access-date=2015-02-25}}
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{{Lhasa Prefecture}}
{{Buddhist monasteries in Tibet}}
Category:Buddhist monasteries in Lhasa (prefecture-level city)