Amazing Tashilhunpo Monastery in China's Tibet

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Tashilhunpo Monastery, also known as the Heap of Glory, lies at the foot of the Nyimari Mountain in the west of Shigatse, Tibet's second-largest city. Founded in 1447 by the First Dalai Lama, the monastery was later expanded by the fourth Panchen Lama and his successors. It is one of the six famous monasteries of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism.