Chhoede Gompa & Monastery Museum
छोदे गुम्बा
The most active monastery and monastic school in Lo Manthang, with a small museum attached. Monks perform the Vajra Dance of the Tiji Festival here.
Chhoede Gompa is home to the current monastic community of Lo Manthang. It has an attached monastic school, and young lamas can often be seen reciting scriptures in the red prayer hall. The small museum inside displays masks, ritual objects, ancient scrolls and thangkas. During the Tiji Festival, monks wearing masks perform the Vajra Dance in the square in front of the palace. It can be visited on the same combined ticket as Jampa Gompa and Thubchen Gompa. Remove your hat before entering the hall, and walk around inside it clockwise.
Opening hours
About 08:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Lo Manthang Walled City
- Royal Palace of Lo
- Thubchen Gompa
- Jampa Lhakhang
- Namgyal Gompa
- Garphu Rigsum Gonpo
- Nyiphu Monastery
- Chhoser Jhong Cave