Tabo Monastery (northern India), "Ajanta" of the Himalayas.

Tabo Monastery  - also known as "Himalayan Ajanta" - is located in a very dry and cold area at an altitude of 3,050 meters in the Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, in northern India.

Photo: A view of the Tabo Monastery

Unlike other monasteries in the valley (located on the hill), Tabo Monastery is at the bottom of the valley. Previously this area was part of Tibet.

Photo:  Stupa in Tabo Monastery

Tabo Monastery was built in 996 AD, is a complex area consisting of nine stupas, 23 towers, a monk's office and an extension of nuns' houses and rooms. The area is surrounded by acoustic walls with an area of ​​6,300 square meters. Around the complex are temporary monastic style buildings. The steep cliffs surrounding are a series of caves used as the residence of the monks.

Photo:  Mausoleum at Tabo Monastery

There are some caves carved into the cliffs and used by meditation monks. A large number of frescoes display on the walls depicting stories from Buddhist temples. There are many priceless collection of thangka (scrolls), manuscripts, well-preserved statues. Large murals and murals are present almost all over the walls. Besides, it is possible to notice in some caves some of the paintings were faint on the rock surface. END=NAM MO SHAKYAMOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.23/7/2017.