Kungri Monastery

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 Monastery
Religion
Affiliation	Tibetan Buddhism
Sect	Nyingma
Location
Location	Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India
Country	India
Architecture
Date established	1330

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Kungri is Spiti's second oldest monastery, built around 1330. The gompa consists of three detached rectangular blocks facing east.[1]

It is noted for its sword dance by the buzhens of Mud village on the right bank of the Pin River.H.E Rinpoche la at Urgyan Sangnag Choling Monastery (Kungri Gompa,Pin Valley ,Spiti )

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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