Also called the 'Ajanta of the Himalayas', it is the oldest earthen Buddhist monastery in the Himalayan region which was established more than 1,000 years ago. The monastery is famous for thankas or scroll paintings and manuscripts. New Delhi: Tabo is a quaint town in Himachal Pradesh.
Located on the Spiti River’s banks, the town has grown around a Buddhist monastery which is believed to be over a thousand years old. As per reports, it is a monastery which the Dalai Lama loves greatly and he even reportedly wants to retire there. In 1996, he conducted the Kalachakra initiation ceremony in Tabo, which coincided with the monastery’s millennium anniversary celebrations which were attended by thousands of Buddhists from across the world.
But what makes the Tabo Monastery, said to be the oldest in India, so special and endearing? Tabo Monastery: A beautiful place of peace in the mountains The Tabo Monastery is widely regarded to be the oldest monastery in India. Also called the ‘Ajanta of the Himalayas’, it is the oldest earthen Buddhist monastery in the Himalayan region which was established more than 1,000 years ago. Today, it has nine temples, several stupas, and cave shrines which are decorated with murals and are used for meditation.
In 1983, the Kalachakra Temple was built for the first Kalachakra initiation and in 2009, a Kalachakra stupa was inaugurated. Who founded the Tabo Monastery? The Tabo Monastery is believed to have been established in 996 AD and Tibetan Bu.
