page_title: Kirti Gompa
section_title: Kirti Jepa Datsang Gompa
hierarchical_section_title: Kirti Gompa / Kirti Jepa Datsang Gompa
caption_attribution_description: Kirti Rinpoche speaks to hundreds of Tibetans and supporters in front of the White House. Photo by Sonam Zoksang &lt;a href="http://www.StandUpforTibet.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.StandUpforTibet.org&lt;/a&gt;
context_page_description: Kirti Gompa, is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery founded in 1472 and located in Tibet. As of March 2011, the gompa was said to house 2,500 monks. However, reports indicate its population has declined substantially as a result of a crackdown by authorities.
context_section_description: Kirti Jepa Datsang Gompa is located in Dharamsala, India. It was built in 1992 to house Tibetan exile monks from Tibet. Today, the monks number approximately 200 and includes Kirti Rinpoche.
caption: Kirti Rinpoche in a demonstration in Washington in 2011
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