Mokchok Hermitage

Submitted by Michael R. Sheehy on Mon, 2014-08-11 13:47
rmog lcog ri khrod
རྨོག་ལྕོག་རི་ཁྲོད།
Alternative Name(s): 
snye thang rmog lcog
Site Type: 
Shangpa Monastery
Site Location: 
Shang
Operating Status: 
Active
Current Tradition: 
Geluk
Former Tradition: 
Shangpa Kagyu
Date Established: 
12th cent.
TBRC Place #: 
G2437
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.