a snow covered mountain with a building on top of it

Tarun Hirapara

a very tall building sitting on top of a hill

Naman Sood

white and brown houses on mountain under blue sky during daytime

Anmol Arora

Varun Singh

Anmol Ramanujam

a red building with a yellow and blue roof

Smiti Murarka

a tall building with a sky in the background

Aniruddha Bhattacharya

black and gray tractor on snow covered ground during daytime

Joel Johnson

A mountain village nestled between majestic snowy peaks.

Key Monastery, also spelled Ki, Kye, or Kee Monastery, is a magnificent Tibetan Buddhist monastery perched dramatically at 4,166 meters (13,668 feet) above sea level in the Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh, India. Believed to have been founded in the 11th century by Dromtön, a disciple of the renowned teacher Atisha, it belongs to the Gelugpa (Yellow Hat) sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The monastery’s unique architecture resembles a fortress, with its whitewashed buildings stacked tightly on a hilltop, creating a striking visual against the backdrop of the snow-clad Himalayas. Over the centuries, K

Spiti valley