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English: Kanum Monastery

Kanum Monastery is 12 century Monastery belonging to Drukpa sect of Vajrayana Buddhism. It houses idol of Avalokiteshwara.

(Inset) The monastery has evidence of a Hungarian Scholar and explorer, *Alexander Csoma de Körös (1784-1842) working there. The monastery is located in Himachal Pradesh, India

  • Le Calloc’h, Bernard. “Kanum, the Village of Alexander Csoma de Körös A Narrative of Werner Hoffmeister.” The Tibet Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, 1996, pp. 47–57. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/43300561. Accessed 27 Feb. 2023.
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