Hugh Richardson
One of the ten hermitages belonging to Sera Je College. The hermitage of Keutsang West lies in ruins and the new Keutsang Hermitage has been built just to the west of the ruins. The hermitage was founded as a Kagyu hermitage in the twelth century and was converted to Geluk in the fifteenth century. It is managed by the Keutsang lamas while the East hermitage is held by the Purchok lineage.