Palden Tashi Chholing Shedra


Consecrated in 2014, this Buddhist college in the west of town offers education to around 70 students aged between six and 25 and has some fine murals in its central tsuglhakhang (assembly hall). It's worth a quick visit if you aren't goemba-ed out.


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