Ganden Monastery
The Gelugpa school has three great monasteries, namely Sera Monastery, Ganden Monastery and Drepung Monastery. In 2008 the "Dorje Shugden" controversy lead to a formal break within the Gelug school. "Pomra Khangtsen", one of the sixteen sections of Sera monastery, legally separated itself in India in 2008 from the rest of Sera, continuing as Serpom Monastic University at Bylakuppe. Also in 2008, a section of Ganden Shartse at Mundgod similarly separated itself from Ganden Monastery and is now known as Shar Ganden monastery. In these institutions the monks continue to worship Dorje Shugden as well as follow the traditional curriculum and other religious practices of the former institutions. A few smaller Gelug monasteries have affiliated themselves with these two monasteries rather than with the mainstream Gelug school.