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The bare hills around Tabo have been swept into uneven ridges by the winds and melting snow. Weather-beaten and mottled with loose boulders, in a long boat shaped valley, these hills hold a tiny hamlet, which is home to about 400 people.

Tabo is the largest of all the monastic complexes in Spiti.

When the kingdom of Guge rose in Western Tibet after the assassination of Lang Darma because he rejected Buddhism, it encompassed the present day tracts of Spiti, Lahaul, Zanskar and upper Kinnaur. Tholling was the capital of Guge and its Gompa, monastery is still held in high reverence. Appropriately, the Tabo Gompa or Chos-khor as it is sometimes called, comes next in veneration.

The year 996 A. D. is accepted as year of Tabo's construction. The great translator and teacher, Rinchensang po is regarded to be the founder of Tabo. The 1996, Kal Chakra ceremony of the monastery attracted people not only from the neighboring countries but also as far as Europe and America. His Holiness the Dalai Lama conducted the ceremony considered a rite of initiation, rejuvenation and time of prayers for peace in a troubled world.