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English: Key Monastery is a monastery belonging to the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism, located at an elevation of 4,166 metres (13,668 ft) on a hill rising above the Spiti Valley in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Claimed to have been founded in the 11th century, the monastery is the largest in Spiti and is home to a couple of hundred monks. Pictured here in winter, with the Himalayas in the background and the Spiti river flowing through the snow-covered valley below it.
فارسی: صومعه کی صومعه‌ای متعلق به مدرسه گلوگپا بودیسم تبتی است که در ارتفاع ۴،۱۶۶ متری (۱۳،۶۶۸ فوت) بر روی تپه‌ای بر فراز دره اسپیتی در شمال ایالت هیماچال پرادش هند واقع شده است. این صومعه که ادعا می شود در قرن یازدهم تأسیس شده، بزرگترین صومعه در اسپیتی است و خانه چند صد راهب است. تصویر اینجا در زمستان، با هیمالیا در پس زمینه و رودخانه اسپیتی که از میان دره پوشیده از برف زیر آن می گذرد. صومعه بودایی تبتی در اسپیتی، هیماچال پرادش، هند
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Camera location32° 17′ 48.48″ N, 78° 00′ 56.76″ E  Heading=300° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
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Key Monastery in Himachal Pradesh, India

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Key Monastery

Spiti Valley

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32°17'48.5"N, 78°0'56.9"E

heading: 300 degree

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