Kham Attractions

Lake Yangmo Tsogan is glacier lake sits in Batang

Dzonggo monastery is a Kagyu sect temple located on top of Dzonggo Sacred Mountain cliff in Jinisay Town of Nangchen. This sacred mountain is like a natural lotus throne holding up Dzonggo monastery, surrounded by cliffs. the stupa on the Dzonggo cliff is built even before the Dzonggo monastery itself. …

Surmang Monastery was founded about 600 years ago by Trungmase, a student of Deshin Shekpa, the 5th Gyalwa Karmapa. The name in Tibetan means “many cornered” referring to the irregularly shaped reed huts used by the first monastics in the area.  In recent years Namgyal-tse has been largely restored under …

Dana Monastery to see King Gesar’s Thirty Warrior Stupa. Dana Monastery is remote and is the only monastery which built during the King Gesar reign of Tibet. And also the only Yerpa Kagyul tradition exist in Tibet. The mountain top monastery sits at 4300 meters and is surrounded by jagged …

Gading Monastery is located 10 kilometers east of Modoung village of Nangchen. It was founded in 1300 AD by Puchong Randing, a disciple of the Barong Kagyu Sect, and converted to the Nyingma Sect in 1536. In the year of 1652, the fifth Dalai Lama Lobsang Gyatso returned to Tibet …