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#KeyMonastery - A place so surreal it could be a painting. #KyeGompa is a #TibetanBuddhistMonastery located on top of a hill at an altitude of 4,166 metres (13,668 ft) above sea level, close to the #SpitiRiver, in the #SpitiValley of #HimachalPradesh, #Lahaul and #Spiti district, India. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfz9rrqP0B_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The #KeyMonastery is a famous #TibetanBuddhistMonastery in the #Lahaul and #Spiti District of India. Located at an altitude of 4,166 metres above the sea level, the monastery is very close to the #SpitiRiver in the #SpitiValley of #HimachalPradesh in India. Also known as the Kye Monastery and #KiMonastery, it is believed to have been founded by Dromton, who was a student of the famous teacher Atisha in the 11th century. https://www.instagram.com/p/CB9wFFEhJUy/?igshid=xsnxfbumahz0

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Lamayuru Monastery, Ladakh, India #Lamayuru or #YuruMonastery is a #TibetanBuddhistMonastery in #Lamayouro, #Leh district, India. It is situated on the Srinagar-Leh highway 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of the Fotu La at a height of 3,510 metres (11,520 ft). Lamayuru is one of the largest and oldest gompas in Ladakh, with a population of around 150 permanent monks resident. It has, in the past, housed up to 400 monks, many of which are now based in gompas in surrounding villages. Lamayuru is host to two annual masked dance festivals in the second and fifth months of the Tibetan lunar calendar, when all the monks from these surrounding gonpas gather together to pray. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzUrGOdhPRo/?igshid=7seauwxce1p9

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The #KeyMonastery is a famous #TibetanBuddhistMonastery in the Lahaul and Spiti District of India. Located at an altitude of 4,166 metres above the sea level, the #monastery is very close to the #SpitiRiver in the #SpitiValley of #HimachalPradesh in #India. Also known as the Kye Monastery, it is believed to have been founded by Dromton, who was a student of the famous teacher Atisha in the 11th century. The Key Monastery is over a thousand years old, and apart from being the oldest, it is also the largest monastery that can be found in the entire Spiti Valley. The magnificent monastery doubles up as a religious training centre for the #Lamas, and about 300 lamas receive their education from here. It has a long and quite fascinating history that is attached to it: a long history that involves numerous attacks that the place had to face. Nevertheless, the monastery survived and celebrated the completion of its thousand years in the year 2000 in the presence of #DalaiLama. https://www.instagram.com/p/ByG2K62hJ8e/?igshid=8kdb18c9qvws