Sera Monastery is located just outside on the southern slope of the Serawoze Mountain in the northern suburbs of Lhasa.

It is home to three colleges where young monks are steeped in the tenets of the Buddhist religion.

The monastery was built by SagyaYexei, one of the disciples of Tsongkhapa who was the founder of Gelugpa of the Tibet Buddhism in 1419.

It is one of the six main monasteries of the Gelugpa of the Tibetan Buddhism. As one of the three main monasteries of Lhasa, it is here that the monks “famous daily debates” take place.