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Tabo monastery entrance

Tabo monastery entrance, photo by Milind Sathe
Tabo monastery entrance


The feeling is of sheer awe when you are entering a structure which was established more than a thousand years ago and is in continuous operation. Visiting ruins dating back to few thousand years is one thing but entering Tabo monastery established in 996 was a different feeling altogether. Tabo is the oldest continuously operating Buddhist monastery in both India and the Himalayas. (Spiti, 2013)

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Location: Tabo, Himachal Pradesh 172113, India

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