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Situated
at a height of 3050 metres in the magnificently isolated Spiti valley
of Himachal Pradesh is this pilgrim place Tabo founded in 996 AD
by the great scholar, Rinchen Zangpo, as an institution for advanced
learning. Tabo celebrated its 1000th anniversary in 1996. Tabo stands
on barren, flat ground and is built with mud brick which is very
unlike most other monasteries in the Western Himalayas. A small
community of sixty monks resides here.
Even today,
bad weather permits trekking for only a limited period in the year.
However, the small town is rapidly being modernised with electric
lights and paved streets. The local shops stock basic provision
for trekkers. Seasonal access by road to Manali and to Simla via
National Highway 22 and State Highway 30 is possible. A bus journey
from Kaza, the headquarters of Spiti district, to Simla, takes two
days and to Manali, 12 hours. Tabo is 33 kms, and a slow 2hrs. drive
by bus form Kaza.
Accommodation:
There's a Rest House and a few rooms at the monastery.
Tourist InformationCentres:
- Director, Department of Tourism & Civil Aviation, Himachal
Pradesh, Shimla-171001.
Tel : (0177)-203346, 3517. Fax : 203346, 4973.
- Managing Director, H.P Tourism Development Corporation (marketing
Office), Ritz Annexe, Shimla-171001.
Tel : (0177)-203294, Fax : 203434.
- Tourist Information Centres :-
Shimla :- (0177)-4589,
Manali :- (01901)-2175,
Dharamsala :- (01892)-23107,
Mumbai:- (022)-2181123,
Madras :- (044)-8272966
- HPTDC Office, Chanderlok Bldg., 36 Janpath, New Delhi
Tel : (011)-3324764, 3325320, Fax: 3731072.
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