Kajiu Temple

Kajū Monastery is located in the forested peaks behind Lhakhang Town in Lhozhag County, at an altitude of approximately 3996 meters. The monastery’s full name is Kajū Jixiang Hermitage, one of the important hermitages of the Nyingma school, with a history of over 1200 years. It is the ancestral monastery where successive Ngamkhai Nyingpo Living Buddhas of the Nushi lineage studied Buddhist scriptures, researched the profound meaning of Tibetan Buddhism, and devoted themselves to spiritual practice.