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Key Gompa Key, Pinjoor, Himachal Pradesh 172114, India Last Updated: 07/15/2026 |
| Key Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Gelugpa sect located on top of a hill at an altitude of 4,166 metres (13,668 ft) above sea level, close to the Spiti River, in the Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh, Lahaul and Spiti district, India. | |
| Key Gompa, also known as the ‘Monastery at the Center of the Mandala’, is the largest monastery in Spiti and holds great spiritual significance. It is home to the revered reincarnations of Lochen Rinchen Zangpo, also known as the ‘Great Translator’, who lived from 958 to 1055 AD. The monastery is strongly connected to the ancient Kadampa lineage and is considered the seat of the Lochen Tulkus lineage. Through this lineage, it is linked to the legendary 11th-century saint Srijnana Dipankara Atisha. | |
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