Mangnang Monastery
Mangnang Monastery | |
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Mangnang Monastery in 1866 | |
Mangnang Monastery | |
Coordinates: | 31°21′3.6″N 79°47′13.2″E / 31.351000°N 79.787000°E |
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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