Shey Gompa, Upper Dolpo

Nepal / Jumla /

Very old Karma Kagyu monastery and seat of a tulku. Was visited by Peter Matthiessen and biologist George Schaller in the 1970s and written about in Matthiessen's famous book _The Snow Leopard_.
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Coordinates:   29°21'9"N   82°57'56"E
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