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Key Monastery

Spiti's picture-postcard monastery, a fortress-like stack of white cells on a conical hill.

Photo: Pranav perspective · CC BY-SA 4.0
Price
Free; donations welcome
Time Needed
1 hour
Best Time
June to September
Address
Key Gompa, Kibber Road, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh 172114Directions

Why Go

It's the valley's largest monastery, about a thousand years old, and home to many young monks. They often offer visitors butter tea, and the prayer hall has fine old murals.

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