Tarlam is a Sakya monastery located near Jyekundo in Kham. It was founded in 1436 by Ga Rabjampa Kunga Yeshe and is affiliated with Ngor in Tsang; monks from Tarlam received ordination and teachings there, and belonged to the Denma residential house (khamsten). Gaton Ngawang Lekpa founded a Shedra at Tarlam modeled after Dzongsar in the 1930s. In 1981, Dezhung Rinpoche founded Tharlam Monastery in exile located in Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal.