Gue Monastery | Tabo Monastery | 500 Years Old Mummy | Tabo Market | Spiti valley Road Trip Day 4

Gue or Gyu[a] is a village in the Lahul and Spiti district of the state of Himachal Pradesh in India. It is claimed by China as part of Tsamda County in Ngari Prefecture in Tibet. The village is about 40 km from the Tabo Monastery, at latitude 31.11 and longitude 77.16. The village is 10,000 feet above sea level and 500 km away from the state capital, between the towns of Sumdo and Tabo. Geography Gue is close to the India-China border, in the valley of the Gue stream, which joins the Spiti River roughly 10 km downstream near the Sumdo village. Demographics Per the 2011 census, Gue has a population of 223 people, 132 male and 91 female.[1] The village has a Buddhist monastery, where a 500-year-old mummy of a late medieval Buddhist monk, Sangha Tenzin, is stored. The mummy is said to have been formed by a natural mummification process through austerities during the final stages of the monk's life.[3] Sino-Indian border dispute In 1847, when the British border commission headed by Alexander Cunningham went to the Indo-Tibetan border in the area, the commissioners were unobustructed till reaching Kaurik, but were prohibited from going beyond. They faced the emissaries of the governor of Gartok sent there for the purpose of pointing out the "ancient boundary between Ladakh and the Chinese territory". (Spiti was traditionally part of Ladakh.)[4][5] In December 1957, seven years after the Chinese annexation of Tibet, Chinese forces were said to have intruded at Kaurik, for which India lodged a protest. In 1959, after the Kongka La incident, China raised a number of disputes regarding the mutual border, including near Kaurik.[6] The claims include the Gue village and valley. During the 1990s, a joint working group of India and China held multiple meetings and exchaned maps of the "middle sector" of the border in 2000. Kaurik was identified as one of the locations where the claims of the two countries overlapped, and the disputed territory was estimated to be 250 square kilometres (97 sq mi).[7][8] Tabo Monastery Tabo Gompa – old walls and chortens, 2004. Religion Affiliation Tibetan Buddhism Sect Gelug Leadership Geshe Sonam Wangdui Location Location Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India Country India Tabo Monastery is located in South AsiaTabo Monastery Location within India Show map of South Asia Show map of India Show both Coordinates 32°4′48″N 78°22′48″E Architecture Style 9 temples, 4 Stupas, 23 chortens, monks quarters Founder Rinchen Zangpo Completed 996; 1030 years ago www.aarogya.com/tabo/monastery.html Tabo Monastery (or Tabo Chos-Khor Monastery[1]) is located in the Tabo village of Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, northern India. It was founded in 996 CE in the Tibetan year of the Fire Ape[2] by the Tibetan Buddhist lotsawa (translator) Rinchen Zangpo (Mahauru Ramabhadra), on behalf of the king of western Himalayan Kingdom of Guge, Yeshe-Ö.[2] Tabo is noted for being the oldest continuously operating Buddhist enclave in both India and the Himalayas.[3] A large number of frescoes displayed on its walls depict tales from the Buddhist pantheon.[4] There are many priceless collections of thankas (scroll paintings), manuscripts, well-preserved statues, frescos and extensive murals which cover almost every wall. The monastery is in need of refurbishing as the wooden structures are aging and the thanka scroll paintings are fading.[5] After the earthquake of 1975, the monastery was rebuilt, and in 1983 a new Du-kang or Assembly Hall was constructed. It is here that the 14th Dalai Lama held the Kalachakra ceremonies in 1983 and 1996.[6][7] The monastery is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as a national historic treasure of India.[7] Geography Tabo village as viewed from the caves The monastery is situated in the Spiti valley (an isolated valley with a total population of 10,000) above Tabo village on the left bank of the Spiti River. The valley as such is delimited by Ladakh in the north, Lahaul and Kullu districts in the west and south-east respectively, and by Tibet and the Kinnaur district in the east. While Tabo village is in a bowl-shaped flat valley, the monastery is also in the bottom of the valley, unlike other monasteries in the valley, which are perched on hills; in the past the region was part of Tibet. It is located in a very arid, cold and rocky area at an altitude of 3,050 metres (10,010 ft).[7][8] Above the monastery there are a number of caves carved into the cliff face and used by monks for meditation.[6] There is also an assembly hall in the caves and some faded paintings on the rock face.[9] Guys Subscribe to my YouTube channel ‪@traveller_vedu.01‬ #travel #mountains #funny #viral #trending #himachalpradesh #nature #tabomonastery #guemonastery #spitivalley #travelvlog #blogger #tabomarket