Dhankar monastery

Dhang or dang implies precipice, and kar or khar implies fortification. Subsequently Dhangkar implies post on a bluff. Dhankar Monastery was worked as a stronghold religious community on the Central Tibetan pattern.The complex is based on a 1000-foot 300-meter high goad neglecting the juncture of the Spiti and Pin Rivers – one of the world's most breathtaking settings for a Gompa.When we came to at the cloister, there were 2-3 priests strolling outside. One of them guided us on the religious community visit. This Monastery was assembled utilizing conventional materials like mud, stone and timber. It is dull inside and little advances are driving starting with one place then onto the next. To forestall finish murkiness, there are little windows in the dividers, from where daylight approaches. There are numerous supplication lobby inside the religious community. In one hall,there is a statue of Vairochana Dhayan Buddha comprising of 4 figures situated consecutive notwithstanding different disintegrating thangkas.The religious community additionally contains a progression of fifteenth-century divider compositions. The bluff base of the cloister is exceedingly defenseless against disintegration caused by the breeze and the rain. This cloister is in the propelled phase of decay because of soil disintegration and Geo-specialized shakiness. World Monuments Fund announced this religious community as one of the 100 most imperiled locales on the planet. A charitable gathering, Dhankar Initiative, is endeavoring to arrange its protection.