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{{Infobox Tibetan Buddhist monastery
|name =བཏང་རྐྱུད་དགོན་པ།<br/>Tangyud Monastery
|image =Sakya Tangyuth Gompa Tsewang & Tashi.jpg
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|caption = Entrance to Tangyud Gompa, Spiti, 2004.
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|map_caption = Location within Himachal Pradesh
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|location=[[Lahaul and Spiti district|Lahaul and Spiti]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[India]]
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|year_completed = 11th century
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|no._of_monks =60 (1855)
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[[File:Hanging leopard & monk Sakya Tangyuth Gompa.jpg|thumb|160px|left|Monk standing under stuffed leopard, Tangyud]]
The '''Tangyud Monastery''' (also written '''bTang-rGyud''', '''Tangyuth''') or '''Sa-skya-gong-mig''' [[Gompa]]<ref>Francke (1914), p. 44.</ref> at the village of Komic, two km southeast of [[Hikkim, Himachal Pradesh|Hikkim]] in the [[Spiti Valley]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]], India, is built like a fortified castle on the edge of a deep canyon, with massive slanted mud walls and battlements with vertical red ochre and white vertical stripes which make them look much taller than they really are. It is one of the highest altitude gompas (monasteries) in India, at an altitude of {{convert|4520|m|ft}}, on the edge of a deep canyon and overlooking the town of [[Kaza, Spiti]] 4 km to the west.<ref>Handa (1987), pp. 83-85.</ref><ref>Kapadia (1999), p. 204.</ref> It is located on the periphery of the [[Kibber|Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary]].<ref>[http://www.spitiecosphere.com/travel_features_3.htm] Ecosphere: Spiti eco-livlihoods.</ref>

==History==
It is one of only two monasteries belonging to the [[Sakya]] sect left in Spiti - the other, at Kaza itself, is small and relatively insignificant. It reportedly had 60 monks in 1855.<ref>Handa (1987), p. 131.</ref>
[[File:Spiti Sakya Tangyuth Gompa 2.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Inside Assembly Hall, Tangyud, Spiti]]
[[File:Young monks studying Sakya Tangyuth Gompa.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Young monks studying in the sun. Tangyud Gompa. 2004.]]
Although it is considered by locals to be very ancient, an examination of the present fortified structure modelled on a Chinese castle, and other circumstantial evidence, makes it likely that it was built early in the 14th century when the Sakyapas rose to power under [[Mongol]] patronage.<ref>Handa (1987), pp. 83-85.</ref>

It is thought, however, that there was an earlier [[Kadampa]] establishment here founded by [[Rinchen Zangpo]] (958-1055 CE) and named ''Rador-lha''.<ref>Handa (1987), p. 83, n. 36.</ref> The name, Tangyud, may refer to the Sakya revision of the ''Tang-rGyud'', or the 87 volumes of Tantra treatises which form part of the [[Tengyur]]. This was carried out about 1310 CE by a team of scholars under the Sakya lama, Ch'os-Kyi-O'd-zer.<ref>Handa (1987), pp. 83-84.</ref>

The monastery is patronised by the 'Nonos' or local chieftains of Spiti and the monastery has a special cell built into southeastern side for them when they visit.<ref>Handa (1987), p. 85, plan of monastery.</ref><ref>Kapadia (1999), pp.37, 39-40; 204.</ref> Tangyud village is at the foot of the monastery (altitude 4,470 m or 14,665 ft). The monastery itself was apparently badly damaged in the earthquake of 1972.<ref>[http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.nekor.net/viaggio.htm&ei=5yRQSuqANpPUtQPV5Pm9Dw&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=10&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DTangyud%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D20]</ref>

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==Gallery==
[[File:Tangyud Monastery, Komic.jpg|thumb|Tangyud Monastery, Komic]]

[[File:Tangyud Monastery - Komic.jpg|thumb|Tangyud Monastery, Komic]]

==Footnotes==
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==References==
* Francke, A. H. (1914, 1926). ''Antiquities of Indian Tibet''. Two Volumes. Calcutta. 1972 reprint: S. Chand, New Delhi.
* Handa, O. C. (1987). ''Buddhist Monasteries in Himachal Pradesh''. Indus Publishing Company, New Delhi. {{ISBN|81-85182-03-5}}.
* Kapadia, Harish. (1999). ''Spiti: Adventures in the Trans-Himalaya''. Second Edition. (1st edition 1996). Indus Publishing Company, New Delhi. {{ISBN|81-7387-093-4}}.

==External links==
* [https://hplahaulspiti.nic.in/monasteries-in-spiti Lahaul & Spiti Tourism]

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