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Choding Monastery (Chos-sdings)

Dowman, p. 240; Dorje, p. 226. ........................................................

Cholung (Chos lung) Tsongkapa’s Hermitage.

Dowman pp. 249-250 .....................................................

Sangak Cholung Monastery, Sangak Choeling

Dorje pp. 240, 944

Luntse county. Chinese name Sananqulin Si / Sangngagqoling

Mapping the Tibetan World 106. ....................................................

Fifth Gyalwang Drukpa, Gyalwang Pagsam Wangpo (1593-1641)

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Druk Sangag Choeling, Sangak Choling or Sangak Choeling Gonpa, was the head monastery of the Drukchen Kagyu order, and housed 400 monks before the Chinese came. It was destroyed in the 1960s but has under reconstruction since 1986, and stands on a hill above the town of Sangak Choling.

History
Druk Sangag Choeling ("The Dharma Garden of the Drukpa's Secret Mantrayana") was founded by Kunkhyen Pema Karpo (1527-1592 CE), the fourth Gyalwang Drukpa, in 1515, and expanded by the fifth Gyalwang Drukpa, Gyalwang Pagsam Wangpo (1593-1641). It is one of the main entrances to the Tsari pilgrimage route.

It was rebuilt just 4 km from Darjeeling, India

Qiemo Town
Qiemo Town or Charchan, Cherchen, is an oasis town, capital of Qiemo County on the Charchan or Qiemo River which flows into Lop Nor in the Taklamakhan Desert in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.