Pelkor Chode Monastery

Leave your glasses at home! Its 14 tons make the bronze Buddha statue that fills this temple with peace impossible to miss! Of course, this is just one of the infinite details that will make your visit to the Pelkor Chode Monastery a magical experience. In the Tsulaklakhang Temple, we find the imposing image of Shakyamuni Buddha - the principal deity of the area - and in the Kumbum, the oldest and largest representation of the divinity that has been erected so far in Tibetan land.

"This temple was built in just 10 years in the mid-15th century. Now that's fast!"

In addition to its enormous Buddha, the temple also features the Tsomchen or Assembly Hall, a unique building protected by the images of the Four Celestial Kings, the Buddhist protectors of humanity! In this hall, the artworks seem to spring up at the exact point where you fix your gaze, at the most opportune moment and the most unexpected place: behind one of its 50 columns, in its silk tankhas, or in its colorful frescoes. Time seems to have passed them by, even though it's been nothing less than 5 centuries! Dare to immerse yourself in the purest Buddhist culture by visiting the Pelkor Monastery!