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A new monastery has been constructed while the ancient mud-built monastery continues to exist....
Taken in Tabo, Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
Spiti river flows through a colourful highland...taken from the hill over Kaza in Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
Journey in life is nothing but its submission to the finality.....a destination as high as it might be on moral, philosophical or spiritual content....path seems to be lost somewhere ahead...but it is always there....the road to Langza hamlet just revealed that feeling what was caged for so long within me....enjoy beautiful peak Chau Chau Kang Nilda over the highland in Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
Noontime relaxing in one of the highest human habitation, Langza hamlet in the highlands of Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India
Ancient monastery of Tabo, made of earthen materials....taken in Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
At an altitude of 4,520 mts, Komic monastery is one of highest monasteries in India...
Taken in Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
Sunset over Reo Purgyil (6618 mts), considered to be very sacred peak by locals, as taken from Nako village in Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
Dhankar Monastery campus slowly emerging out of its silhouetted form as the dawn was breaking....taken in Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
Late afternoon view of a small village, Hikkim (4,400 mts), one of the highest parmanently inhabitated places in the world, in Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
River Pin meanders through the beautiful valley, which is also known as Pin valley...
Taken in Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
Peak Chau Chau Kang Nilda shines in the last hour of the day...taken in Langza, Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
Nature expresses herself in a glorious dawn.....
The Nako village in Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
Kye Gompa (also spelled Ki, Key or Kee - pronounced like English key) is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery located on top of a hill at an altitude of 4,166 metres (13,668 ft) above sea level, close to the Spiti River, in the Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh, Lahaul and Spiti district, India.[1]
It is the biggest monastery of Spiti Valley and a religious training centre for Lamas. It reportedly had 100 monks in 1855.
Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Gelugpa sect located on top of a hill at an altitude of 4,166 metres (13,668 ft) above sea level, close to the Spiti River, in the Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh, Lahaul and Spiti district, India.
It is the largest monastery of the Spiti Valley and a religious training centre for lamas. It reportedly had 100 monks in 1855.
Kye was attacked again by the Mongols during the 17th century, during the reign of the Fifth Dalai Lama, and became a Gelugpa establishment. In 1830, it was sacked again during the wars between Ladakh and Kulu. In 1841, it was severely damaged by the Dogra army under Ghulam Khan and Rahim Khan. Later that same year, it suffered more damage from a Sikhs. In the 1840s, it was ravaged by fire and, in 1975, a violent earthquake caused further damage which was repaired with the help of the Archaeological Survey of India and the State Public Works Department.