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Late medieval · Buddhist · India

Urgelling Monastery

Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh · 27.5883°, 91.8653°

Buddha (Tibetan Buddhism)UndeterminedTibetan
Sacred since
1489 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1489
Undetermined

History & significance

A small monastery below Tawang founded in 1489 by Urgen Sangpo, remembered above all as the birthplace of the sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso, born there on 1 March 1683. An inscription at the site records the birth.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined