Kye Gompa (Tibetan: དཀྱིལ་དགོན་, Wylie: dkyil dgon;[1] also spelled Kyi, Ki, Key, or Kee; pronounced like the English word key) is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Gelugpa sect located on top of a hill at an altitude of 4,166 metres (13,668 ft) above sea level, close to the Spiti River, in the Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh, Lahaul and Spiti district, India.[2]
It is the largest monastery of the Spiti Valley and a religious training centre for lamas. It reportedly had 100 monks in 1855.[3]
The monastery is dedicated to Lochen Tulku, the 24th reincarnation of the great translator Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo.[4][5]
It is about 12 km (7.5 mi) north of Kaza and 210 km (130 mi) from Manali by road.[6]
^"spyi ti dkyil dgon gyi byung ba". Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^Sarina Singh, et al. (2007), p. 343.
^Handa (1987), p. 131.
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^Sharma, Rama. "Where the Gods live". The Tribune India. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
^The Beautiful key Monastery, India. https://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/12/the-beautiful-key-monastery-india.html
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