Key Monastery is a monastery belonging to the
Gelugpa school of
Tibetan Buddhism, located at an elevation of 4,166 m (13,668 ft) on a hill rising above the
Spiti valley in the northern Indian state of
Himachal Pradesh. Said to have been founded in the 11th century, it is the largest monastery in Spiti, housing hundreds of
monks. This view shows the monastery in winter, overlooking the snow-covered Spiti river valley with the Himalayas in the background.
Photograph credit: Kulbhushan Suryawanshi