Picture of interior of Sangdo Gompa at Muktinath

The main image of Sangdo Gompa is Lord Buddha. At his right Chenrezig, also known as Avalokiteshvara, the embodiement of compassion of which H.H. Dalai Lama is the manifestation in human form. At his left Padmasambhava -  also known as Guru Rinpoche - who brought Buddhism to Tibet. He is the Root Guru of the Tibetan Buddhist Nyingma school, the tradition to which the Muktinath nuns belong.

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