Gengqing, China

Kathok Monastery

Kathok Monastery, also transliterated as Kathog, Katok, or Katog, was founded in 1159 and is one of the "Six Mother Monasteries" in Tibet of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. It was built after Samye Monastery, in the Kingdom of Dege, in Tibet's region of Kham also known of as Do Kham.

City
Gengqing
Country
China
Category
Religious
Suggested visit
About 45 minutes

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