Thanks to everyone for their support, the internal finishing of the new kitchen and dining room are complete and in use by our small gompa community. It’s light and spacious, quite a change from our smokey narrow old kitchen. There’s a designated washing area and food store room. In the […]

The new kitchen is finished!


kitchen 2
Here’s our new kitchen block from the front. Like many traditional tibetan style buildings, there are no external windows on the ground floor for security. The second storey will provide some protection to the southern shrine room from wind and rain, and hopefully stop further damage to the frescoes.

the new kitchen block


kitchen 1
After winter and earthquake related delays the timber frames for the doors and windows were finally delivered from Tukuche, allowing the upper floor masonry to continue. Things are on track to be finished this year, thanks to everyone for their support.

Kitchen Update