Thame Monastery

Thame monastery is one of the three most important monasteries in the Everest Region, the other two being at Pangboche and Phakding. The Gompa is believed to have been built by the middle brother of the three Ringboche brothers with extraordinary powers in the 17th century. The writings on the monastery at Phakding states that if chief lama at two of the three gompas is missing, Thame gompa should be looked after abandoning the other two. You can also call this monastery by Thame Dechen Chokhorling monastery. If you find yourself in this monastery around May then do check out the Mani Rimdu festival. This festival features rigorous ritual practice and different forms of dance. It festival caught up to Thame around 1950 after Tengboche and Chowong.