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Ganden Monastery:

Ganden Monastery is situated on Wangbur Mountain, on the southern bank of
Lhasa River in Tagtse County, 29 miles (47 kilometers) from Lhasa City.
It stands at an altitude of 3,800 meters (12,467 feet) above sea level! It is one of
the premature and enormous Buddhist monasteries in Tibet, and stands atop of
the six famous temples of Gelugpa - a branch of Tibetan Buddhism.