Of the 1,200 Tibetan Buddhist
monasteries in Nepal many were constructed in the latter half of the
20th century when the Chinese army moved into Tibet, the Dalai Lama fled
to India, and many reincarnate lamas, called Rinpoches, entered Nepal
as refugees.
At the same time, Nepal also became a
popular destination for tourists from Europe and North America. Their
guides were followers of Tibetan Buddhism. As many people from the West
became interested in Tibetan Buddhism, numbers of new monasteries were
constructed in the Kathmandu valley. Kathmandu is now one of the best
places in the world to study all four sects of Tibetan Buddhism as well
as the pre-Buddhist Bon religion.
Source: http://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0107/tibetan_buddhism_in_nepal.shtml
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