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Lhalung Gompa
Lhalung Gompa sits further up the Pin valley from Kungri Monastery, a quiet fort monastery with a notable statue of Manjushri inside its hall.
What it is
A fort monastery further up the Pin valley from Kungri Monastery, known chiefly for a statue of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, inside its main hall.
Getting there
About 54 minutes by road from Kaza, continuing past Kungri Monastery on the same Pin valley road.
The visit
Lhalung is a small, quiet stop — the Manjushri statue is the specific thing to see, and the monastery itself sees a fraction of the visitors that Kaza's main monastery circuit does. It's worth the extra distance mainly for anyone already committed to the Pin valley detour for Kungri, rather than as a destination on its own.
> separate visits doesn't make sense given how close together they sit.
When to go
June to September, matching the rest of the Pin valley's open season.
Around it
Kungri Monastery sits back down the same valley towards Kaza. Both are day three of the three-day full-circuit plan, which spends its first two days on Key Monastery, Dhankar and the rest of the main circuit.
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Questions people ask
How far is Lhalung Gompa from Kaza?
About 54 minutes by road, roughly 31 km, further up the Pin valley past Kungri Monastery — the two are usually visited on the same trip since they sit on the same road, one stop after the other along the way.
What is inside Lhalung Gompa?
A notable statue of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, is the monastery's best-known piece — the reason most visitors who make the detour into the Pin valley add this stop to a Kungri visit on the very same day out.
Is Lhalung Gompa busy with visitors?
No — it sits further into the Pin valley than Kungri, which is already a quieter side of the Kaza circuit, so Lhalung sees noticeably fewer visitors than any of the monasteries on the main Kibber–Dhankar loop nearby ever do.