Tengboche Monastery (or
Thyangboche Monastery), also known as
Dawa Choling Gompa, in the
Tengboche village in
Khumjung in the
Khumbu region of eastern
Nepal is a
Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the
Sherpa community. Situated at , the
monastery is the largest
gompa in the Khumbu region of Nepal. It was built in 1916 by Lama Gulu with strong links to its mother monastery known as the
Rongbuk Monastery in
Tibet. In 1934, it was destroyed by an earthquake and was subsequently rebuilt. In 1989, it was destroyed for a second time by a fire and then rebuilt with the help of volunteers and international assistance.