Rescue workers were trying to reach dozens of monks trapped under rubble in the Phaya Taung Monastery, said the emergency worker in Amarapura. Buildings, bridges and roads were wrecked ...

Awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. 1938 – Is taken from his family in Taktser to the Kumbum monastery after a delegation of monks looking for the new Dalai Lama find him. February 22, 1940 ...

Other popular activities include strolling on the grass, sandboarding, and horse-riding. The monastery, which is a Tibetan gompa (a building that is a cross between a fortress, a university ...