Category:Phoo Gumpha, Tabo

Phoo Gumpha, Tabo 

A Tabo monastery structure with murals and pressed clay paintings, Himachal Pradesh
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Instance of	cave
Location	Tabo, Lahaul and Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh, India
Maintained by	Archaeological Survey of India, Shimla circle
Heritage designation	Monument of National Importance
32° 05′ 47.12″ N, 78° 22′ 56.04″ E
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The Tibetan word gompha, also spelled gompa, means a "vihara". A gompha refers to a Tibetan monastery, the associated Tibetan community and institutions. Over 4000 gompas were established in Tibet, Mongolia and Lamaist Himalayas from the 10th-century onwards. The temples, caves and structures in the Tabo gompha are some of the most important Lamaist institutions in Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh. The murals and paintings on pressed clay walls of Tabo gompha are one of the ASI protected national monuments of India.

The Tabo caves are hill side caves near the 10th-century Tabo monastery. These were excavated and used for meditation purposes by Buddhist monks. One can get an aerial view of the monastery complex from the Tabo caves.

This is a category about ASI monument number N-HP-33.