Nyalam

Nyalam lies on the Himalayan route between Tibet and Nepal, above the steep gorge of the Matsang Tsangpo. North of the settlement, a cave associated with the Tibetan yogi and poet Milarepa overlooks the river. Tradition holds that he spent years in meditation there, and a monastery called Pelgye Ling grew around the cave. Once associated with the Kagyu tradition, the monastery later came under the Gelug monastery of Sera in Lhasa.