A solitary hilltop monastery rising above the remote Rangdum plains, surrounded by glaciers, wind-shaped mountains and immense Himalayan silence.
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Rangdum Monastery stands like an old mountain fortress above a wide and lonely valley.
Its whitewashed walls overlook scattered settlements, grazing grounds and the distant glaciers of the Suru–Zanskar landscape, creating a powerful sense of spiritual and geographical isolation.
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