Kungri Monastery

Kungri Monastery
Monastery information
Location	Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India
Founded	1330
Type	Tibetan Buddhist
Sect	Nyingma

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Kungri Monastery is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism in the Pin Valley in Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, northern India.

Kungri is Spiti's second oldest monastery, built around 1330. The gompa consists of three detached rectangular blocks facing east. Kungri recently received large foreign donations for its renovation.^[1]

It is noted for its sword dance by the buzhens of Mud village on the right bank of the Pin River.

Footnotes

↑ "The Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries of the Spiti Valley".

Buddhist monasteries in Himachal Pradesh

Dhankar Gompa Drigung Monastery Gandhola Monastery Gemur Monastery Gozzangwa Monastery Gandhola Monastery Kardang Monastery Kalachakra Temple Key Monastery Kibber Kungri Monastery Lhalung Monastery Shashur Monastery Tabo Monastery Tangyud Monastery Tayul Monastery Gyuto Monastic

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