Kungri Monastery Explained

Kungri Monastery
Coordinates:32.044°N 78.075°W
Location Country:India
Location:Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India
Founded:1330
Sect:Nyingma

Kungri Monastery is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism in the Pin Valley in Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, northern India.

Kungri is Spiti's second oldest monastery, built around 1330. The gompa consists of three detached rectangular blocks facing east.[1]

It is noted for its sword dance by the buzhens of Mud village on the right bank of the Pin River. H.E Rinpoche la at Urgyan Sangnag Choling Monastery (Kungri Gompa, Pin Valley, Spiti)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries of the Spiti Valley.