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Monastery Fire

July 3, 2014;

A massive fire has gutted the main chapel at the 349-year-old Taktsa Gon Geden Tashi Choesang ling in Zoege County in Sichuan province. The cause and extent of the damage are not known. Taktsa Gon Geden Tashi Choesang ling is a monastery belonging to the Gelug (yellow hat sect) tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and was previously destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.

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