The Pelkor Chobe Monastery

The Pelkor Chobe Monastery, also known as the Pal ho Monastery, is a destination for thousands of Buddhist pilgrims. It is most famous for its Kumbum Stupa, the only one of its kind in Tibet. It is also unique in Tibet in that it houses three separate schools of Tibetan Buddhism under its roofs - Sakura, Gelug, and Kadam. The monastery has aspects of Chinese Han, Tibetan and Nepali architecture and is one of the highest status monasteries in Tibet.Read more