Sangri County, (; ) is a county of Shannan in the

Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a Provinces of China, province-level Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China in Southwest China. I ...

. It is home to Wolkha Cholung Monastery, founded as a hermitage in 1393 by

Tsongkhapa Tsongkhapa ('','' meaning: "the man from Tsongkha" or "the Man from Onion Valley", c. 1357–1419) was an influential Tibetan Buddhist monk, philosopher and tantric yogi, whose activities led to the formation of the Gelug school of Tibetan Budd ...

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External links

Sangri County Annals

Olka Choling Monastery
Counties of Tibet Shannan, Tibet {{Shannan-geo-stub