Sershul Monastery is situated on the Tibetan plateau at an elevation of 4,000 meters where the borders of Qinghai, Tibet Autonomous Region and Sichuan meet.
Home to 1300 monks, Sershul Monastery is the largest Gelug monastery in Kham, and the religious center of Zachukha (or Sershul) County-the highest, largest, poorest, coldest, and most remote county in Sichuan Province.