Gaden Choeling Nunnery

Gaden Choeling Nunnery

Gaden Choeling Nunnery or Ganden Choeling is a Tibetan Buddhist nunnery in Dharamsala, India. It is located near the monastery in which His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama resides.

Six nuns from the nunnery were initially involved in the 2008 Tibetan protests. [cite web|url=http://www.tibetanwomen.org/news/2008/2008.05.16-tibetan_nuns_arrested.html|title=TWA condemns the wave of arrests of Tibetan Buddhist nuns in Tibet|date=May 2008|publisher=Tibetan Women's Association|accessdate=September 23|accessyear=2008]

Notable nuns

*Passang Lhamo

References

External links

* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/91748348@N00/sets/72157604617428573/ Flickr images]


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