Gyêgu Monastery
The Gyêgu Monastery , Tibet. Kyegu Döndrub Ling (skye rgu'i don 'grub gling), is a major Sakyapa monastery on a hill above Gyêgu City in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous District of Qinghai Province .
Its founding year is usually given as 1398, although an older Bön monastery and one of the Kagyüpa schools existed at this point . The establishment of Döndrub Ling was strengthened by the Sakyapa lama Dagchenwa Gyana Sherab Gyaltshen (born 1376, bdag chen pa rgya nag shes rab rgyal mtshan ), who in 1458 sought to spread the Buddhist teachings in North Kham . Over time, the main lama of the monastery, who was also the head of the local Drawu tribe, developed into a politically powerful person and ruled parts of northern Yushu.
The monastery has been on the Qinghai Province Monuments List since 1998 .
Earthquake damage and reconstruction
During the great Yushu earthquake on April 14, 2010 , the monastery suffered considerable damage, which made it (temporarily) uninhabitable for its monks. The reconstruction until 2013 took place at the original location, but was mostly made earthquake-proof with modern building materials, which has changed the former traditional appearance. Work on the new construction of a monumental temple hall on the hill facing the city, which had already begun in 2009/2010, has been continued since May 2013.
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Coordinates: 33 ° 0 ′ 35 ″ N , 97 ° 1 ′ 3 ″ E