Category:Tabo Monastery
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Tabo Monastery is the oldest earthen Buddhist monastery in the Spiti valley, central Himalayan region. Established in the 10th-century by the Purang Guge Kingdom, it has nine temples, stupas, and cave shrines on a mountain slope in Himachal Pradesh. The Tabo monastery has notable murals. Monuments have been added over time. The Kalachakra Temple, an assembly hall built in 1983, hosted the first Kalachakra initiation by the 14th Dalai Lama at Tabo. A Kalachakra stupa was inaugurated at Tabo in 2009.
The Tabo monastery was built from pressed clay and bricks near the Spiti river between arid mountains. The valley has nine historic Tabo monastery structures – Duwang gompha, Gon-khang, Dom-lang, Chamba Chibo (with large Buddha image), Zelama (with image of Zelama), Lang Chedbo (main large hall), Ser-lang (golden colored) gompha, Chil-khang and Lankar Chung. In addition to these structures, the Tabo monastery has numerous Tibetan-style stupas. Of these, the oldest structures are Du-wang, Gon-khang and Zelama.
Tabo monastery was on the trade and pilgrim routes to Tibet, connecting Tibet to northern Indian centers of Buddhism. It helped the sharing of ideas between Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, as well as the construction of Buddhist temples in Tibet. The Tabo temple complex is a treasure trove of unique Buddhist art, housing a remarkable collection of paintings and statues that not only depict the history of Tibetan-Indian Buddhism but also incorporate elements from Himalayan Hindu traditions. The Tabo monastery played an important historical role in translating Sanskrit manuscripts into Tibetan language from 11th to 16th century, and then moving them into Tibet to help preserve important texts.
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Media in category "Tabo Monastery"
The following 106 files are in this category, out of 106 total.
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A buddhist Manuscript.jpg 4,160 × 3,120; 2.5 MB
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A view of the Tabo Buddhist monastery, Himachal Pradesh.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.41 MB
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Adobe monuments in the Tabo Buddhist monastery and temples complex, Himachal Pradesh.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.48 MB
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All the stones have buddhist manuscripts.jpg 4,160 × 3,120; 1.53 MB
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An overview of the monastery.jpg 4,160 × 3,120; 2.26 MB
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Ancient Buddhist Monastery Tabo (66179823).jpeg 2,048 × 1,250; 919 KB
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Ancient Stupas at Tabo Monastery.JPG 4,608 × 3,456; 3.03 MB
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Another View of Tabo Monastery Guest House.jpg 864 × 648; 110 KB
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Arial View of Tabo Monastery, World Heritage Site.jpg 6,000 × 4,000; 3.09 MB
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Buddhist monk leaves the ancient monastery in Tabo.jpg 768 × 1,024; 173 KB
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Caves of Tabo MonasteryWLM22-07685.jpg 5,378 × 2,767; 17.22 MB
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Gate of Tabo Monastery.jpg 5,188 × 4,000; 2.23 MB
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Gompa in Tabo.jpg 3,264 × 1,836; 2.58 MB
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Grave yard of lamas of tabo monastery.JPG 3,072 × 2,304; 2.34 MB
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Group of Tourist practicing yoga at ancient Chos-Khor Monastery Himachal India.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 3.78 MB
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GSer-khang dedication.jpg 1,728 × 2,304; 291 KB
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Lord buddha at himachal.jpg 1,536 × 2,048; 768 KB
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Majestic Tabo Monastery and the Photographer.jpg 3,787 × 1,727; 1.28 MB
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Manuscripts on Stones in Buddhist languagr.jpg 4,160 × 3,120; 2.86 MB
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Mañjuśrī Extends his Hand and Lays It on Sudhana’s Head c. 1047 CE Tabo Monastery.jpg 2,384 × 1,580; 3.44 MB
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Meditation caves at Tabo monastery.jpg 3,031 × 2,021; 1.04 MB
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Sudana and the perfumer Tabo Monastery.jpg 1,844 × 1,231; 1.88 MB
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Tabo (Buddhist) Monastery, Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India (2018).jpg 1,688 × 1,543; 467 KB
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