Rizong is 73km from Leh and around 6km from the main road. It was established about 138 years ago by the grand Lama Tsultim Nima. The gompa belongs to the Gelukpa order. The monastery is built upon a loneliest position and there is a nunnery called Chulichan down the road, near the monastery. The added work of spinning wool, milking and extracting oil for the temple lamps is done by the nuns at the nunnery. Clothes and food requirements are provided to all the members of the Gelukpa community order, by the governing body of the Rizong monastery.

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