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Mangnang Monastery

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Mangnang Monastery
Mangnang Monastery in 1866
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
Location
LocationNgari Prefecture, Tibet
CountryChina
Architecture
Date established11th century

Mangnang Monastery was a Buddhist monastery in western Tibet. Founded in the 11th century, it was visited by the British in 1866, who photographed it. The photographs are now part of the Royal Geographic Society. The monastery was probably destroyed in 1959.