It is a place for everyone, even trekkers who need shelter from the elements. This link takes you a photograph taken in 1972 by someone who took shelter overnight inside the gompa; sleeping on the wooden floor and with a wood fire for warmth. Another, more practical answer, is that it is a Buddhist monastery […]
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Help to save Langtang’s cultural heritage – we need your help!
Can you spare £6? The price of a bottle of wine? We’re asking 2666 people to give just £6 to help repair this 600 year-old monastery in Nepal. Please help us if you are able to. We need your help to raise £16,000 in 60 days to save the Langtang monastery in this remote Himalayan […]
Hyulsa Gompa
The candle flickered with the beat of the drum. I could feel a droplet of sweat rolling down my neck. Slowly, my focus shifted to the chanting and music around me. We got up this morning to ‘bed tea’, black tea brought to our tent, at 6am. We were going to a monastery just above […]
