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Kye Gompa (Tibetan: དཀྱིལ་དགོན་, Wylie: dkyil dgon; [1] also spelled Kyi, Ki, Key, or Kee; pronounced like the English word key) is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Gelugpa sect located on top of a hill at an altitude of 4,166 metres (13,668 ft) above sea level, close to the Spiti River, in the Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh, Lahaul and Spiti district, India.
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The climax episode of Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim, first published as a book in 1901, is set in the Spiti valley. Spiti valley was the location for the shooting of some scenes in the Bollywood movies Paap, Highway, and Kesari. The Tibetan language film Milarepa, a biographical adventure tale about one of the most famous Tibetan Buddhist masters ...
' moon lake ') is a lake in the upper Chandra valley of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, India. [1] Chandra Taal is near the source of the Chandra River. Despite the rugged and inhospitable surroundings, it is in a protected niche with some flowers and wildlife in summer. It is a favourite spot for tourists and high-altitude ...
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The park is located in the desert habitat of the Spiti Valley, within the Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, in the Himalayas region. [2] Spreading south of Dhankar Gompa near the Tibetan border to Bhaba Valley of Kinnaur, the park marks the border between the formerly separate districts of Lahaul and Spiti and Kinnaur. The elevation of the park ...
Mane Kogma, ca. Jun '18 Mane Yogma, ca. Jun '18 Steep, barren slope from Spiti river to Mane. Mane Kogma and Mane Yogma (also known as Mane Gogma/Gongma, Mane Yongma) are two small villages on opposite banks of a nullah in the cold desert region of Spiti in Himachal Pradesh, India. The villages, at an altitude of 3,650 m (11,980 ft), are ...
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