Galo

Galo is a Buddhist nunnery in the highland country of Damshung, north of Lhasa. Its buildings are listed among monuments dating to the Yuan period, when Mongol power extended over Tibet. The surrounding district includes the great salt lake of Namtso, known in Tibetan as the Heavenly Lake. Its waters and mountain setting made it one of Tibet's revered pilgrimage lakes, approached by devotees seeking to make the circuit of its shores.