Exploring Nepal With My Cam

Monday, April 5, 2010

A Model Village of Nepal ,Tengboche or Thyangboche

Tengboche (or Thyangboche) is a village in Khumjungin the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal, located at 3,867 metres (12,687 ft). In the village is an importantBuddhist monastery, the largest gompa in the Khumbu region. The structure was built in 1923. In 1934, it was destroyed by an earthquake but subsequently rebuilt. It was destroyed again by a fire in 1989, and again rebuilt with the help of volunteers and the provision of foreign aid. Thyangboche has a panoramic view of theHimalayan mountains, including the well known peaks ofTawache, Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Ama Dablam, andThamserku.

English adventurer Charlie Boorman and Peter Hillary, son of the Edmund Hillary visited the village in 2008. The footage was shown in Boorman's series

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