Ragya Monastery is an important Geluk monastery in Golok that was founded in 1769 by Arik Geshe Jampa Gelek Gyeltsen, a Mongolian from Kokonor, for the Seventh Dalai Lama. In 1792 or 1793, Arik Geshe transferred the abbacy of Ragya to the Second Shingza, Lobsang Dargye, whose reincarnations have since presided over the monastery.