Beautiful Monastries you don't want to miss on your Spiti trip!

1) Key Gompa -  this tibetian buddist monestry is 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. This can be reached from kaza easily which is about 13-15 kms away.

One of the ancient buddist monestry in the spiti valley whichbis about 2000 years old. In winter can't even imagine the view of this monestry ❤️❤️

From key village there is a trekking path available to reach the Gompa. One must take the trekking path to see breathtaking views❤️

2) Dhankar Gompa & Dhankar lake.

It is situated at an elevation of 3,894 metres (12,774 feet) in the Spiti Valley above Dhankar Village, between the towns of Kaza and Tabo. The complex is built on a 1000-foot (300-metre) high spur overlooking the confluence of the Spiti and Pin Rivers - one of the world's most spectacular settings for a gompa. Dhang or dang means cliff, and kar or khar means fort. Hence Dhangkar means fort on a cliff.

For visiting dhankar Lake one should trek 3kms along with the breathtaking views of the spiti valley and the dhankar village and can reach the sacred glass water Lake. Upon reaching the lake you'll be refreshed immediately watching the views❤️

3) Gue mummy Lama temple - gue village

Gue is a village in the Lahul & Spiti district of the state of Himachal Pradesh in India. In this little village lays the perfectly well-preserved 500-year-old mummy of Sangha Tenzing. It was a Buddhist monk from Tibet. It was found in a sitting position, with his skin and hair intact. You'll be getting the china timezone here if you're using an iPhone that's how close this place is to the indo-tibet-china border.

4)Tangyud Monastery - Komic Gompa

Komic is the Highest village in the world that is connected with motorable road and komic Gompa(Tangyud Monastery)  is situated right there❤️ It is one of the highest altitude gompas (monasteries) in India, at an altitude of 4,520 metres (14,830 ft), on the edge of a deep canyon and overlooking the town of Kaza, Spiti which is 20kms away. It is located on the periphery of the Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary.❤️

5 ) Tabo Chos-Khor Monastery

Tabo monastry is located in the Tabo village of Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, northern India. It was founded in 996 CE in the Tibetan year of the Fire Ape by the Tibetan Buddhist lotsawa (translator) Rinchen Zangpo (Mahauru Ramabhadra), on behalf of the king of western Himalayan Kingdom of Guge, Yeshe.Tabo is noted for being the oldest continuously operating Buddhist enclave in both India and the Himalayas.

This Monastery is around 2000 years old being one of ancient buddist Monastery.

6) Nako Monastery & Nako Sacred Lake

This Monastery is located at kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh.