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	===Trails around Nako===		===Trails around Nako===
	There are shepherd trails from Nako that lead to Chango, Hango and [[Tashigang]] village.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://raachotrekkers.com/nako-village-kinnaur/\|title=Trekking trails around Nako\|website=Raacho Trekkers.}}</ref>		There are shepherd trails from Nako that lead to Chango, Hango and [[Tashigang, Himachal Pradesh\|Tashigang]] village.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://raachotrekkers.com/nako-village-kinnaur/\|title=Trekking trails around Nako\|website=Raacho Trekkers.}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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'''Nako''' is a village in the [[Himalayas]] of northern [[India]], located near the Indo-China border in the Trans-Himalayan region of [[Kinnaur district]] in [[Himachal Pradesh]].{{Sfn|Singh|1985|p=115}} [[Nako Lake]] is a prominent feature here where it borders the village. Nako Monastery, dated to 1025,{{Sfn|Ltd|2015|p=387}} is located in the village as well as several other Buddhist [[chortens]].{{Sfn|Mitra|2006|p=50}}

==Geography==
[[File:Nako 4 Stevage.jpg|thumb|left|Road branching from NH22 to Nako]]
Nako is the largest village at an elevation of {{Convert|3625| m}} ({{Convert|3662|m}} is also mentioned<ref name=Lake/>) in the [[Hangrang Valley]]{{Sfn|Mitra|2006|p=50}}{{Sfn|Sanan|Swadi|2002|p=19}} with the backdrop of Reo Purgyal which has an elevation of {{Convert|6816| m}} and is the highest mountain in Himachal Pradesh. The village is now on a more stable location near the Nako Lake (formed by the slopes of the mountains of Reo Purgyal), compared to the opposite bank across the Nako river where it was located earlier and then shifted because of [[tectonic]] upliftment of the site. As of 2002, the village had a population of 416.{{Sfn|Sanan|Swadi|2002|p=19}} Access to the village is from a branch road of {{Convert|7| km}} from the [[National Highway 22 (India)(old numbering)|National Highway 22]].{{Sfn|Mitra|2006|p=50}} It is {{Convert|117| km}} away from [[Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh|Kalpa]].<ref name=Lake>{{Cite web|url=http://hptdc.nic.in/cir0401.htm|title=Kinnaur|access-date=3 October 2015|publisher=National Informatics Centre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002072928/http://hptdc.nic.in/cir0401.htm|archive-date=2 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Nako Monastery in the upper part of the village and the [[Nako Lake]] are important landmarks in the village.{{Sfn|Mitra|2006|p=49}} Apples and Sun dried apricots are the agricultural produce from the village.{{Sfn|Mitra|2006|p=50}}

==Landmarks==

===Nako monastery===
[[File:Nako 9 Stevage.jpg|thumb|Nako Monastery]]
[[File:Nakolake.JPG|thumb|A view of Nako lake in August 2008]]
Nako monastery ([[Standard Tibetan|Tibetan language]]:''Lob-dpon-zhabrjes'' {{Sfn|Ahluwalia|1998|p=142}}) dated to the 11th century (1025 AD{{Sfn|Ltd|2015|p=387}}), oriented towards [[Tibet]], similar in style to the [[Tabo Monastery]]{{Sfn|Publishing|2008|p=5}} consists of four large halls of which the oldest and largest is known as Dukhong. It is also known as 'Lotsava Jhakang' meaning "complex of the translator"{{Sfn|Mitra|2006|p=50}} named so in honour of [[Rinchen Zangpo]] who translated [[Buddhist scriptures]] from [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] to the Tibetan language.{{Sfn|Publishing|2008|p=5}} The iconographic art work in the monastery is related to [[Vajrayana Buddhism]].{{Sfn|Pieris|Raven|2010|p=255}} The dukhong's walls have decorations of a complete [[mandala]] with "gates, fire-circle and secondary non-Buddhist deities in attendance". To the east of this dukhong there is another hall of smaller size which has a sculpture of [[Tara (Buddhism)|Yellow Tara]] (known as ''Grolgster''{{Sfn|Ltd|2015|p=387}}) made in [[stucco]], with its roof and walls painted with mandalas. In the third hall there is an elegant image of [[Vairochana]]. Within the complex there is a shrine dedicated to Purgyal, a local deity with attribution as the "spirit of the mountain". Sculptures of five [[Dhyani Buddhas]] made out of clay are defied in the main hall where there are also many images.{{Sfn|Mitra|2006|p=50}}

In the [[1975 Kinnaur earthquake|earthquake of 1975]] the buildings were affected. Many bright artworks in the monastery were vandalized.{{Sfn|Mitra|2006|p=50}} During this earthquake event roofs of the monastery and other buildings in the village were damaged. Further, during the severe winter season of 1998 the monastery was in near collapse stage. Following these disastrous events, in May 1998, the [[University of Vienna]] launched a research Project in association with the [[Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage]] (INTACH), the Buddhist Association of Nako, and local residents of Nako to carry out restoration works. In July 2002, the Nako Preservation Project (NPP) came to be established for conservation of the monastery and other buildings in Nako.{{Sfn|Pieris|Raven|2010|p=255}}

===Nako lake===
[[File:Nako_Lake_and_Nako_Village,_Himachal_Pradesh.jpg|thumb|Nako Lake with the monastery and the village in the background]]
Nako Lake, a small lake at elevation {{Convert|3636| m}} in the Kinnaur district, is {{Convert|103|km}} away from the district headquarter town of [[Reckong Peo]].<ref name="Environ">{{Cite web|url = https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/Reckong+Peo,+Himachal+Pradesh/Nako,+Himachal+Pradesh/@31.7115282,78.3151844,11z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x39066a202036d73f:0xa3ad6f92a3b2419!2m2!1d78.2675478!2d31.5390437!1m5!1m1!1s0x3906ffabfc794bd3:0x6ff276e8fe9d3d50!2m2!1d78.6274612!2d31.8815167!3e0|title = Google maps|access-date = 18 November 2015}}</ref> The lake is an integral part of the Nako village, which is created on the slopes of the Reo Purgyal mountain of the Srikhand range. During the evening twilight hours a very large number of birds flock the lake.{{Sfn|Sanan|Swadi|2002|p=19}} There is a rock here which is believed to have the foot print of [[Padmasambhava]].,{{Sfn|Mitra|2006|p=50}} recording his visit to the area.{{Sfn|Ahluwalia|1998|p=142}} A shrine has been built around this foot print and there is also stucco statue of Padmasambhava above it in addition to murals. The periphery of the lake has plantations of [[willow]] and [[Populus|poplar]] trees. The lake has boating facilities during the summer months and [[ice skating]] is practiced on the lake's surface which gets frozen during the winter months.<ref name=Lake/>{{Sfn|Ltd|2015|p=387}}

===Chango gompa===
Chango [[gompa]], about a few km away from the Nako monastery on the road from [[Spiti]], has a prayer wheel more than 500 years old, which measures about {{Convert|3.5| m}} in diameter. It is made up of [[yak]] skin.{{Sfn|Mitra|2006|p=50}}

===Trails around Nako===
There are shepherd trails from Nako that lead to Chango, Hango and [[Tashigang]] village.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://raachotrekkers.com/nako-village-kinnaur/|title=Trekking trails around Nako|website=Raacho Trekkers.}}</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last= Ahluwalia |first=Manjit Singh |title=Social, Cultural, and Economic History of Himachal Pradesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tG0fnF0VRk0C&pg=PA142|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-089-7}}
*{{cite book|last= Mitra |first=Swati |title=The Buddhist Trail in Himachal: A Travel Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UVfiQwTp8wwC&pg=PT50|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Good Earth|isbn=978-81-87780-33-5}}
*{{cite book|last= Singh |first=Ajay Kumar |title=Trans-Himalayan Wall Paintings: 10th to 13th Century A.D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dS7rAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Agam Kala Prakashan}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
* {{wikivoyage inline|Nako}}

[[Category:Villages in Kinnaur district]]

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