Ajanta of the Himalayas as the Tabo Chos-Khor Monastery is popularly known was founded more than a millennium back in 996

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Ajanta of the Himalayas , as the Tabo Chos-Khor Monastery is popularly known , was founded more than a millennium back in 996 , The Year of the Fire Ape by the Tibetan Tabo Gompa , or Buddhist monastery , is second in importance only to the Tholing Gompa in Tibet in the entire Himalayan region. It was developed as an advanced centre for learning by the great teacher and translator Lotsawa Rinchen Tsang Po. To date , it is the preserver of the Buddhist Legacy and is one of the most important Gompa of the entire Tibetan Buddhist world , Spiti , Himachal Pradesh , India

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