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Amitabha Monastery

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Location
  
Kathmandu

Dedicated to
  
Amitābha

Type
  
Tibetan Buddhist

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Amitabha Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Nepal.

Overview

The Amitabha Monastery sits on the top of Druk Amitabha mountain overlooking Kathmandu Valley. It is a center for spiritual practice and for humanitarian causes It has a hall that seats up to 2,000 people, a library, administration office for the Drukpa Lineage, a nunnery, residences for 300 nuns, and a medical clinic. It is a refuge for animals saved from butchering and has vegetable gardens to provide food for the center. The hiking trail here are as attractive as the monastery and the surrounding scenarios.

References

Amitabha Monastery Wikipedia