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Spiti Valley: India's undiscovered treasure (view pics)

A century ago Rudyard Kipling in his novel "Kim" described Spiti as "a world within a world" and a "place where the god lives". Things have hardly changed there.A part of the remote but picturesque

PTI Published : Oct 19, 2013 16:40 IST, Updated : Oct 23, 2013 14:03 IST


Lies close to Kaza is Tabo, known for a more than 1,000-year-old cave Buddhist monastery.

Founded in 996 AD, Tabo, 47 km from Kaza, is located at an altitude of 3,050 m. It's also called the 'Ajanta of the Himalayas'.

This is one of the largest monastic complexes in Spiti, with several caves and contemporary structures.

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