founded by bkra shis stob rgyas/ at the end of the 16th century Ferrari 1958 (p. 118 n. 175)
"the founding a monastic complex (gtsug lag khang) to permanently house the community was initially undertaken by Rikdzin Nga-ki Wangpo [i.e. rdo rje brag rig 'dzin ngag gi dbang po/ (1580–1639)] [...] and work seems to have begun by the third decade of the 17th century" Akester 2016 (p. 354)
mnga' ris paNDi ta pad ma dbang gi rgyal po/ said to have first est. a small community there (gsang chen gyi 'dus sde chung ngu zhig lho kha khul gyi gnas yig [2002] (p. 10)