DRIGUNG TIL MONASTERY - TIBET
Drigung Til (Zhigungti) or simply Til, the greatest of the Drigungpas' gompas, is located some 40 km from Drigung Dzong up the Sho Valley. On the right bank of the fast flowing river, 300 m above the broad valley, the monastery is built on the brow of a long ridge. Drigung Monastery, founded by the Kagyupas, descendants of Milarepa. It is the central monastery of the Zhigung Gagyu Sect. It was built in 1179 but was almost completely destroyed during the war between the Zhigung Gagyu Sect and the Sagya Sect. It was rebuilt and then again destroyed during the cultural revolution. The present monastery is a reconstruction dating from 1983. It is home to 300 monks.