Tourism - Lahaul & Spiti

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Tourism - Lahaul Spiti

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District of Lahaul-Spiti

• Lahaul-Spiti is a merged district in northern
  state of Himachal Pradesh. District capital
  Keylong is on the summer-only mountain highway
  to Ladakh.
• To the west, the fascinating, little-visited
  Pattan and Pangi Valleys are an explorer's
  delight.
• The Kunzum Pass is the entrance pass to the Spiti
  Valley from Lahaul. Spiti is also famous as
  Himachals mini-Ladakh.

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Spiti

• Driven by deep river chasms, this is a
  high-altitude desert backed by snow-topped
  mountains and punctuated by tiny villages set in
  patches of striking greenery. 
• Tibetan Buddhism is the dominant religion in both
  Spiti and upper Lahaul, though Hinduism is
  prominent in lower Lahaul. 

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Tourist Attractions in Lahaul-Spiti

• Kye Monastery
• Tabo Monastery
• Dhankar Gompa
• Kunzum La
• Chandra Taal Lake

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Kye Monastery

• At the height of about 13,500 ft, the Kye
  monastery is the largest in the valley and holds
  a powerful sway over the most populous part of
  the valley around Kaza.
• The gompa is an irregular heap of low rooms and
  narrow corridors on a monolithic conical hill.
  Hundreds of Lamas receive their religious
  training in this Monastery.

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Kye Monastery in Winter
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Tabo Monastery

• Tabo Monastery, located in Tabo Village of Spiti
  Valley is said to be around a thousand years old.
  Tabo is noted for being the oldest continuously
  operating Buddhist enclave in both India and the
  Himalayas.
•  The monastery is protected by the Archaeological
  Survey of India as a national historic treasure
  of India. Dalai Lama desires to retire in the
  village of Tabo since he considered it the
  holiest.

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Dhankar Gompa

• The Dhankar Gompa is located at the height of
  3,894 meters in he Spiti Valley above Dhankar
  village.
• Below the Gompa lies the small village of
  Shichilling which contains the new Dhankar
  Monastery, home to about 150 monks belonging to
  the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Dhankar Gompa
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Kunzum La

• Kunzum La or Kunzum Pass is a high mountain pass
  at the elevation of 15,060 ft on the eastern
  Kunzum Range of the Himalayas.
• It connects the Kullu Valley and Lahaul Valley
  with the Spiti Valley of Himachal
  Pradesh, India. 
• The drivers, travelers and passerby seeks
  blessings of Kunzum mata before undertaking the
  dangerous journey.

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Chandra Taal Lake

• Chandra Taal is a lake bordered by mountains in
  Spiti part of the district. It is a tourist
  destination for trekkers and campers. The lake is
  accessible on foot from Batal as well as
  from Kunzum Pass.

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The End
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