Tashilhunpo Monastery (Shigatse)

Tashilhunpo Monastery, at Shigatse in the Tsang region of central Tibet, is one of the great Gelug monasteries. It was founded in 1447 by Gendun Drup, the disciple of Tsongkhapa later recognised as the First Dalai Lama, whose remains are interred there; it subsequently became the traditional seat of the Panchen Lamas.