Mokchok Hermitage
rmog lcog ri khrod
རྨོག་ལྕོག་རི་ཁྲོད།
Alternative Name(s):
snye thang rmog lcog
Site Type:
Shangpa Monastery
Site Location:
Shang
Current Tradition:
Geluk
Former Tradition:
Shangpa Kagyu
Date Established:
12th cent.
TBRC Place #:
29° 19' 51.9456" N, 90° 45' 35.7336" E
History and Description:
Hermitage founded by the early Shangpa master Mokchok Rinchen Tsondru. Currently under the governance of Drepung Monastery.