Dpal ri dgon thub bstan bsam ’grub chos ’khor gling, as foretold by Rgyal dbang Karma pa bdud ’dul rdo rje, was founded by 4th Ri pa bag yod in 1765 on an elephant shaped mountain at lower ’brong of Be hu, which is part twenty five Be hu under the king of Nang chen of Kham. The 8th Ri pa bag yod Karma bshad sgrub chos kyi seng ge gzhan phan mtha’ yas rin po che founded the replica of the monastery in 1994 at Kollegal in south India. Today, there are monks both from Tibet and India numbering 22.