Kungri Monastery
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| Location | Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India |
| Founded | 1330 |
| Type | Tibetan Buddhist |
| Sect | Nyingma |
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Kungri Monastery is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism in the Pin Valley in Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, northern India.
Kungri is Spiti's second oldest monastery, built around 1330. The gompa consists of three detached rectangular blocks facing east. Kungri recently received large foreign donations for its renovation.[1]
It is noted for its sword dance by the buzhens of Mud village on the right bank of the Pin River.
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