Kagchode Thubten Sampheling Gompa

Pokhara to Jomsom


This Sakyapa monastery, perched on a spur of land overlooking the Kali Gandaki, was founded in 1429. The main hall features carved festival masks and kangling (trumpets), as well as a 500-year-old text written in gold.


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