China Demolishes Hundreds of Buddhist Stupas and Sacred Statues in Drakgo, Tibet, Amid Tightened Repression

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In a grave assault on Tibetan religious heritage, Chinese authorities have demolished more than 300 Buddhist stupas and two revered statues in Drakgo (Ch: Luhuo) County, Karze (Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham. The destruction, carried out in late May or June 2025 at Lungrab Zang-ri (ལུང་རབ་བཟང་རི།) near Janggang Monastery (འཇང་སྒང་དགོན་པ།), has left local Tibetans deeply traumatized.

According to sources inside Tibet, Chinese forces razed hundreds of medium-sized stupas along with three larger ones. In a further act of cultural vandalism, they destroyed a newly built statue of Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok, the late founder of Serthar Buddhist Institute, and a sacred statue of Guru Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche), one of the most venerated figures in Tibetan Buddhism.

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