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 Tabo is located at a height of 3050 metres
in the magnificently isolated Spiti valley
in Himachal Pradesh.
Founded in 996 AD by the great scholar,
Rinchensang Po, as an institution for
advanced learning, Tabo celebrated its
1000th anniversary in 1996. Unlike most
other monasteries in the Western Himalayas,
Tabo stands on barren, flat ground and is
built with mud brick.
With breathtaking murals and stucco images,
Tabo is often called 'The Ajanta of the
Himalayas'. And here is the art that above
all, is born of religion and deep faith.
A small community of sixty monks resides
here. The monastery has clay statues of the
Buddha painted in the Kashmiri style.
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