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                                                                            Tuwa, a Geluk monastery in Amdo that was founded in 1640, was historically a retreat center and later became a small printing house under the leadership of Tseten Zhabdrung Jigme Rigpai Lodro. It is one of the Six Garwaka monasteries under the tutelage of Tsetan Zhabdrung.