DUNDUL RAPTENLING MONASTERY

Built by Kyabje Dudjom Jigdrel yeshi dorjee rinpoche as requested by H.H the 14th Dalai Lama as a centre for learning and preserving the Nyingmapa (old translation) tradition. Under the guidance and supervision of Kyabje rinpoche, construction started in 1963 and was inaugurated and consecrated by H.H The Dalai Lama himself in 1979.since then Dundul raptenling has continuously maintained the practice and rituals of the Nyingmapa tradition esp. of Dudjom tersar lineage.