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In Bhutan monasteries for men and boys are funded by the state or have private benefactors, but nunneries receive no government funding. According to Bhutan Nuns
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The site on which the nunnery is built is considered sacred - the original Gonpa was founded in the 14th century by Kecho Barawa
Gyeltshen Pelzang, said to be a supreme being. The site is considered one of the abodes of the five long-life sisters or
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