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Komik Gompa (Tangyud Monastery)

India / Himachal Pradesh / Sarahan /
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Komic monastery has the honor of being the world’s highest motorable monastery at 4587 mts.
The Tangyud Gompa (also written bTang-rGyud, Tangyuth) or Sa-skya-gong-mig Gompa at the village of Komic, two km southeast of Hikkim in the Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh, India, is built like a fortified castle on the edge of a deep canyon, with massive slanted mud walls and battlements with vertical red ochre and white vertical stripes which make them look much taller than they really are.
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Coordinates:   32°14'5"N   78°6'39"E
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