Tabo Monastery

Tabo Monastery, Himachal Pradesh

About Tabo Monastery

Located in the valley of Spiti at an altitude of 3050m, the Tabo Monastery is quiet often referred to as the Ajanta of the Himalayas. Founded by an eminent scholar Richen Zangpo in the 996 AD, as an advanced centre of learning, this is basically a complex that houses a number of small gompas, temples and monasteries. It spreads over an area of 6300 sq m and is surrounded by high boundary wall. The importance of this monastery can be judged from the fact that its significance is second only to the Tholing Gompa in Tibet in the entire Himalayan region. Even today, the monastery is keeping up its image of an efficient and effective learning centre by opening up schools to impart modern education to the newer generation.