Palpung Monastery
八邦寺
A major Kagyu monastery known for its fine murals, thangkas and the Karma Gadri painting style, set on a forested hillside.
Palpung Monastery is in Bapang Township of Derge County. Founded in 1727, in the Yongzheng reign of the Qing dynasty, it is an important monastery of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and the main seat of the successive Situ Rinpoches. The great hall preserves fine murals, statues and thangkas. It is one of the centres of the Karma Gadri painting style and is listed as a national key cultural relic protection site. The monastery sits on a densely forested hillside with views over the valley. It is about 50 km from Derge County town. The roads are average, and it can be visited on the same southern route as Dzongsar Monastery and Maisu.
Opening hours
Open daytime