Sera Monastery
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Sera Monastery is one of the great Gelug university monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism, renowned for its monastic debates and historic role as a major religious and educational center near Lhasa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sera Monastery canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7983990 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sera Monastery Context triple: [Lhasa, contains, Sera Monastery]
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A.
Phugtal Monastery
Phugtal Monastery is a remote Buddhist monastery in the Zanskar region of Ladakh, India, dramatically built into the mouth of a cliffside cave and known for its ancient cave complex and isolation.
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B.
Hemis Monastery
Hemis Monastery is a prominent Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the Indian Himalayas, renowned for its annual Hemis festival, rich cultural heritage, and impressive collection of ancient artifacts and thangkas.
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C.
Enchey Monastery
Enchey Monastery is a 19th-century Buddhist monastery near Gangtok in Sikkim, India, known for its sacred Nyingma tradition, religious festivals, and scenic hilltop setting.
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Dhankar Monastery
Dhankar Monastery is an ancient cliffside Buddhist gompa in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley, renowned for its dramatic location overlooking the confluence of the Spiti and Pin rivers.
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E.
Dubdi Monastery
Dubdi Monastery is one of the oldest and most historically significant Buddhist monasteries in Sikkim, India, revered as a key center of the region’s early monastic tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sera Monastery Target entity description: Sera Monastery is one of the great Gelug university monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism, renowned for its monastic debates and historic role as a major religious and educational center near Lhasa.
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A.
Phugtal Monastery
Phugtal Monastery is a remote Buddhist monastery in the Zanskar region of Ladakh, India, dramatically built into the mouth of a cliffside cave and known for its ancient cave complex and isolation.
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B.
Hemis Monastery
Hemis Monastery is a prominent Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the Indian Himalayas, renowned for its annual Hemis festival, rich cultural heritage, and impressive collection of ancient artifacts and thangkas.
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C.
Enchey Monastery
Enchey Monastery is a 19th-century Buddhist monastery near Gangtok in Sikkim, India, known for its sacred Nyingma tradition, religious festivals, and scenic hilltop setting.
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D.
Dhankar Monastery
Dhankar Monastery is an ancient cliffside Buddhist gompa in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley, renowned for its dramatic location overlooking the confluence of the Spiti and Pin rivers.
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E.
Dubdi Monastery
Dubdi Monastery is one of the oldest and most historically significant Buddhist monasteries in Sikkim, India, revered as a key center of the region’s early monastic tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monastery
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Gelug monastery ⓘ university monastery ⓘ |
| affiliatedSchool | Gelug NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Tibetan Buddhist monastic architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dalai Lama institution
ⓘ
Tibetan monastic education system ⓘ |
| contains |
assembly hall (Tsogchen)
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monastic residences (khangtsen) ⓘ various chapels and temples ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| currentUse |
active monastery
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tourist attraction ⓘ |
| debatePracticeFrequency | daily (in the afternoon, traditionally) ⓘ |
| debatePracticeLocation | monastic debate courtyard ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 3,700 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Jamchen Chöje Shakya Yeshe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedUnderPatronageOf | Je Tsongkhapa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingCentury | 15th century ⓘ |
| foundingYear | 1419 ⓘ |
| function |
granting Geshe degrees
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training monks in Buddhist philosophy ⓘ |
| hasOverseasBranch | Sera Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubunit |
Ngakpa Dratsang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sera Je College NERFINISHED ⓘ Sera Me College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important cultural relic site under regional protection ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
important institution in Tibetan religious politics
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major center of Gelug scholasticism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic role as educational center
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historic role as religious center ⓘ large monastic population ⓘ monastic debate ⓘ philosophical education ⓘ scholastic training ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lhasa
NERFINISHED
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northern outskirts of Lhasa ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Lhasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | southern slope of Serawoze Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Three Great Monasteries of Lhasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Tibet Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Tibetan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| restorationStatus | partially restored ⓘ |
| sisterMonastery |
Drepung Monastery
NERFINISHED
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Ganden Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sufferedEvent |
damage during 1959 Tibetan uprising
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destruction during Cultural Revolution ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sera Monastery Description of subject: Sera Monastery is one of the great Gelug university monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism, renowned for its monastic debates and historic role as a major religious and educational center near Lhasa.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.