Kee Monastery

India / Himachal Pradesh / Sarahan /
 buddhist monastery, gompa
Kee Gompa is the oldest and the biggest monastery in Spiti. It belongs to the Gelukpa order and was built by Ringchen Zangpo.

Key Gompa (also spelled Ki Gompa, Kye or Kee - pronounced like English key) is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery located on top of a hill at an altitude of 4,166 metres (13,668 ft) above sea level, close to the Spiti River, in the Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh, Lahaul and Spiti district, India.

The monastery of Kee, for instance, accommodates nearly 250 monks, who reside within the sacred walls in winter, and stay during the summer with their parents or brothers, working in the fields, or employed in carrying travellers' goods.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Monastery
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Coordinates:   32°17'53"N   78°0'44"E
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