Mangnang Monastery

Mangnang Monastery

Mangnang Monastery in 1866
Mangnang Monastery
Location within Tibet
Coordinates 31°21′3.6″N 79°47′13.2″E / 31.351000°N 79.787000°E / 31.351000; 79.787000
Monastery information
Location Ngari Prefecture, Tibet
Founded 11th century
Type Tibetan Buddhist

Mangnang Monastery was a Buddhist monastery in western Tibet. Founded in the 11th century, it was visited by the British in 1866, who photographed it. The photographs are now part of the Royal Geographic Society. The monastery was probably destroyed in 1959.

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