The Himalayas - Lahaul and Spiti

Lahaul and Spiti

General Info
· Lahaul
    · Baralacha Range
    · Chandra Valley
    · Bhaga Valley
      · Keylong
    · Chandra-Bhaga Valley
    · Great Mountain Mass
    · Lingti Plains
· Spiti
    · Climate
    · Kaza
· Pin Valley

Other Places of Interest

Passes
· Baralacha Pass

Rivers
· Chandra River
· Chandra - Bhaga
· Spiti River

Glaciers
· Bara Shigri Glacier

Lakes
· Chandratal Lake
· Suraj Tal Lake

People
· Lahaulas
    · Tradition & culture
· Spiti

Religion

Fairs and Festivals

History
· Lahaul
· Spiti

Visual Delights

The Himalayas - where earth meets sky

· Fantastic Terrain
· People and their Life

Tabo Gompa
· Water Carriers

Visual Delights

Clay figurines and frescoes in the Tabo Monastery. Tabo means the 'place that is chosen', and so it must be for the main prayer wheel

at the gompa is said to rotate on its own accord at certain times.

Clay figurines and frescoes in the Tabo Monastery. Tabo means the 'place that is chosen', and so it must be for the main prayer wheel at the gompa is said to rotate on its own accord at certain times.
Credit: Discover India

Young monks at the Tabo Monastery. At a cursory glance, Tabo seems nothing more than a cluster of mud huts in a village with a population of less than 400 persons. Admittedly large and well made, but still mud huts with a couple of new buildings berthed alongside.
Credit: Discover India

Dancers of the Tabo monastery

Dancers of the Tabo monastery.
Credit: Karamjeet Singh

Traditional dances complement the rich art treasures of the Tabo Gompa.
Credit: Karamjeet Singh

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