Saikaguto monastery

Sangkagutuo Temple

synonym

Saikagutuo Temple generally refers to sangkagutuo temple

Sangkagutuo temple, also known as saikagutuo temple, is located about 600 meters south of the seat of sequ district government of Luozha County, Shannan Prefecture, Tibet, with an altitude of 3700 meters. It was originally a Kagyu temple, but later changed to Gelu. State level key cultural relics protection units.

Brief introduction of ancient temple

Sangkagutuo temple, sitting West to East, the plane is square, surrounded by walls, 98 meters long from east to west, 48 meters wide from north to south. The main hall of the temple is called the Great Buddha Hall of gawajiuni. In the center of the temple, there is a nine story Diaolou with a height of 28 meters. The top of the Diaolou is covered with gold roof, and there are other buildings such as monks' houses.

Layout structure

Dukang hall is located on the west side of the castle. It is said that it was built by Bawa zulachenwa in the first half of the 16th century. In front of Dukang hall, there is a two column corridor. After deducting the cloister, there is a 30 column Sutra hall. Murals are painted on the four walls of the hall. Behind the hall, there is a four column Buddha Hall. In the west of the hall, there is a two column Tantric hall, in which there are various Tantric statues. The statues are about 2.4 meters high. Most of them have bloody mouths and fangs. Their faces are hideous and terrifying. They are covered with human or animal skins and decorated with human heads. The second floor of Dukang hall is the monk's house and storehouse.

Historical evolution

Around 1080 A.D., the famous Tibetan Buddhist maerba ordered his disciple Milarepa to build the Diaolou. After Milarepa's painstaking efforts, he built sekaguto (which means "nine story childe's Castle") and gawajiuni Hall (which means "Twelve pillar hall") under the Diaolou.

Maintenance and expansion

In the first half of the 16th century, Bawa zulachenwa, a Kagyu scholar, carried out large-scale maintenance and expansion of the temple, thus forming a large scale. It is said that the murals of the enlarged Dukang hall were painted by Zula chenwa himself. When Dalai V was in power, the gaxia government stipulated that every circle of the temple should be repaired once. In 1944, the living Buddha of sangzhu Temple presided over the last maintenance of the temple.

Buddhist activities

After this maintenance, the serkagutuo Temple began to carry out Buddhist activities mainly based on the Gelug Sect. Sekagutuo blockhouse has nine storeys. 1、 Two floors of basement and storeroom; three, four, five, six and seven floors of the original building, eight and nine floors were rebuilt in 1985. Except for the first and second floors, each floor is provided with Buddha statues, and one third of the area of each floor is stairs. The terraces are staggered.

Address: about 600 meters south of sexiang township government, luoza County, Shannan City

Longitude: 90.82023652761

Latitude: 28.176388680185

Ticket information: free.

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