Gonga

Gonga Chode is a monastery in the high mountain country of Tingri, north of the Himalayan peaks. It is associated with the Kadam tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, and its foundation is dated approximately to the eleventh century. The monastery stands in a landscape of high valleys and snow-covered ranges. To the south the Himalaya rises above the Tibetan plateau, with glaciers descending from its great summits.