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At the far end of the Annapurna circuit is the Mustang village of Kagbeni. It's a desolate and beautiful place on the edge of the Mustang frontier. The house and inns themselves are made in traditional flat mud roof style with wood for cooking and heating lining out of the roofs. One can see the past, since this village served as a major trade route via the Kali Gandaki region. The village is fortified, and all the houses are built in a common rectangle which a common outer wall and just three little entrance doors. The former fortress is nowadays in ruins. There is an old Buddhist Gompa named Kag Chode Samphelling Gompa, which is believed founded in 1440 AD. This Gompa is belongs to Sakya-pa school of Tibetan Buddhism. The Keg Chode Thupten Samphel Ling gompa in Kagbeni was founded in 1429.

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Kagbeni, Mustang, Nepal
Kagbeni (2810 m) is a small village of Mustang District in Nepal. It is a Tibetan-influenced settelment located in the valley of the Kali Gandaki River. The river is older than the Himalayas and is one of the major rivers of Nepal. This river is one of three which cross the Himalayas. The Kali Ganda...
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Chortens, Kagbeni, Mustang, Nepal
Chortens are the pagoda-style structures in Kagbeni village which were built to memorialize the teachings of Buddha. Some of these Chortens are believed to contain the remains of Buddha. Tibetan prayer flags are placed at many points. The people in Kagbeni practised a mixture of Buddhism and Bon. Th...
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Himalayan Caves, Mustang, Nepal
The Mustang region of West Nepal is filled with hundreds if not thousands of caves cut into the mountainsides and cliffs. They have been used as homes, storage facilities, burial sites, refuge from invasion, and retreat dwellings for Bon and Buddhist practitioners. The age of some of the caves date ...


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