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Location
Lahaul Spiti is the largest district
in Himachal Pradesh. The Lahaul region
is located at an altitude of 3000-3900
m. The Spiti valley is connected to
Lahaul through the 4500 m long Kunzam
Pass. Kaza is the main town and the
administrative center of Spiti.
Sight Seeing
The town of Kaza is divided into two
areas, the old town and the new town.
The new town has some government buildings.
The monastery of Ki Gompa is 11 km
from Kaza. It is the biggest gompa
in entire Spiti and almost 400 monks
live over here. The monks of the monastery
are busy in the construction and maintenance
of the monastery and welcome all the
donations. Kibber has the reputation
of being the highest village in the
world at an altitude of 4250 m. it
is 11 km from Ki Gompa. Around 150
monks live at Dankar Gompa.
It has some very beautiful paintings,
sculptures and thangkas. Thang Yud
Gompa is 14 km to the north of Kaza.
The Sakyapa Order built it in the
14th century AD. There is a very difficult
trek to this monastery. Tabo Gompa
is 45 km from Kaza. Ringchen Zangpo,
the "Great translator" built this
monastery in 996 AD and has a collection
of some very pretty murals and sculptures.
Dalai Lama has supposedly planned
to retire here.
How to Reach
By Air: Shimla and Kullu are
the nearest airports to Kaza.
By Rail: Shimla and Pathankot
are the nearest railheads to Kaza.
Road: National Highway No.21
connects Manali to Lahaul Spiti. There
are frequent bus and taxi services
from Manali and Shimla.
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