Yarchen Gar

[citation needed] Yarchen Gar lies 4000m above sea level in an isolated valley of Pelyul County, 400 kilometres (250 mi) west of Chengdu in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, known as Kham.

At its height, its sangha of an estimated 10,000 nuns, monks and lay practitioners[3] was considered the largest concentration of monastics in the world.

[2] Owing to the expanding influence of Tibetan Buddhism, the monks and nuns of Yarchen Gar are seen as a threat to Chinese plans to "sinicinize religions".

[3] By August 2019, a large swathe of the nun's area had been cleared, likely to pave the way for tourist infrastructure according to Free Tibet.

[4][10] In 2017, China's demolitions and evictions were condemned by six United Nations human rights experts in an unusual collaboration.