Dhankar Monastery
Built on a spur of crumbling rock above the Spiti.
- Where
- Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 32.0890, 78.2162
Get the Dhankar Monastery stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Dhankar Monastery. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Himachal Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Dhankar Monastery
Kaza 20 km
The Spiti sub divisional headquarters at 3,800 metres.
Manirang 21 km
A peak on the Spiti-Kinnaur divide, with a pass of the same name beneath it.
Key Monastery 30 km
A thousand year old Buddhist monastery stacked on a hill in Spiti at four thousand metres, rebuilt after fires, raids and an earthquake.
Tabo Monastery 33 km
A thousand years of murals in mud walls.
Pin Valley National Park 34 km
Snow leopard country, and the Buchen lamas.
Pin Parvati Pass 45 km
The crossing from green Parvati into bare Spiti, over a glacier, five thousand three hundred metres.
Nako Lake 45 km
A village around a lake at four thousand metres.
Mount Gya 52 km
The highest peak in Himachal, on the Ladakh border, and unclimbed by agreement with the local people.
More offbeat places in Himachal Pradesh
Questions
Where is Dhankar Monastery?
Dhankar Monastery is in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kaza (20 km), Manirang (21 km), Key Monastery (30 km).
How do I get the Dhankar Monastery stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Dhankar Monastery and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Himachal Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Dhankar Monastery before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Himachal Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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