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|map_type = India Himachal Pradesh<br />
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|country = India<br />
|location=[[Satingri]], [[Lahul and Spiti]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
|founded_by = [[Serzang Richen]]<br />
|year_completed = 17th century<br />
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{{Tibetan Buddhism}}<br />
'''Tayul Monastery''' or '''Tayul Gompa''' is a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monastery in the [[Bhaga Valley]] of [[Lahul and Spiti]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], northern [[India]]. It is located 6 kilometres from [[Keylong]] above the village of [[Satingri]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Tayul gonpa written in Tibetan as Ta - Yul means "chosen place".<ref name=las>{{cite web|url=http://hplahaulspiti.nic.in/Monasteries.htm|title=Lahaul and Spiti Tourism:Monasteries|publisher=District Lahaul & Spiti|accessdate=21 November 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407161944/http://hplahaulspiti.nic.in/Monasteries.htm|archivedate=7 April 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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The [[Drukpa Lineage|Drugpa]] (Dogpa) Lama, [[Serzang Richen]] of the [[Kham]] region of Tibet established the Tayul Monastery in the 17th century..<ref name=las/><br />
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==Structure==<br />
The monastery was then constructed and houses a hundred million mani wheel and would apparently turn by itself on special Buddhist occasions.<br />
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Tayul has 12 foot statue of [[Padmasambhava]] and his two materialisations, Sighmukha and Vijravarashi and is well decorated with elaborate murals.<ref>[http://www.tsiindia.com/pilgrimage-india/tayul-monastery.html Indian Horizons]</ref> The library contains the Buddhist scriptures, the [[Kangyur]].<br />
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It was renovated avbout 100 years after establishment by a Ladakhi Tulku, [[Tashi Tanphel]] of [[Tagna Monastery]] who renovated it and extended the building.<ref name=las/><br />
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==Footnotes==<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Buddhist monasteries in Himachal Pradesh}}<br />
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[[Category:Buddhist monasteries in Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Drukpa Kagyu monasteries and temples in India]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Lahaul and Spiti district]]<br />
[[Category:Buddhism in Lahaul and Spiti district]]</div>Sherrie7069