每年前來菩提迦耶參加噶舉大祈願法會的僧尼，都會住宿在嘎千大營地中；嘎千大營地是噶舉岡倉的一項古老傳統， 由第十七世大寶法王噶瑪巴鄔金欽列多傑於2012年12月在聖地復興。
The Garchen or Great Encampment Each year, monks and nuns attending the Kagyu Monlam Chenmo in Bodhgaya live in tents— the Garchen or Great Encampment— an ancient Karma Kamtsang tradition which was reinstated by the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, in December 2012.