Menri Monastery
The Medicine Mountains monastery as the name suggest is one of the oldest monasteries in India. It is a brightly and colorful place greatly know as the center of festivity, color, vibrancy, especially on the new year’s eve. Cham and Bon’s dances are performed and above all happiness is celebrated in the tranquillity of the place. The Monastery has an enormous statue of Lord Shenrab Mibo that seeks the attention of many visitors. Menri Monastery is 12 km from Solan. The temple was earlier a simple stone building bereft of rich decorations but now massive concrete Tibetan style buildings cover the monastery having temples, library, Bon dialectic, school, dormitories, and nunnery. Today around 350 monks are there in the monastery and it has also developed as a major center of religious learning and ritual activity.
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