Shelkar, an important Geluk monastery in Dingri county, Western Tibet, was founded in 1385 by Lotsāwa Drakpa Gyeltsen under the patronage of the lord of Lato Lho, Situ Chokyi Rinchen. It was converted to Geluk in the seventeenth century and a branch currently exists in Nepal.
Gyurme Dorje. 2004. Tibet Handbook. Bath: Footprint, p. 314.
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| 11. | Eleventh Abbot blo bzang bkra shis dpal bzang po | 1727 - |
The Demoness of Tibet is a close copy of a well-known image located in the Tibet Museum in Lhasa. The landscape of Tibet is shown as the mythical demoness of Tibetan legend. Important Buddhist temples and monasteries are located across her body, spanning from the Ngari region in the west to Kham in the east.
The TBRC RID number refers to the unique ID assigned by the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center (TBRC.org) to each historical figure in their database of Tibetan literature.