An enormous hearth has destroyed a lot of Nepal’s historical Hinang Pungtsey Buddhist monastery on the border with Tibet, based on sources.
The hearth, which broke out on Wednesday, razed the central prayer corridor within the 200-year-old monastery, sources informed RFA, including that many of the prayer books within the constructing have been additionally torched.
Authorities are nonetheless investigating the reason for the blaze, and have but to report any deaths or accidents. Many of the idols contained in the monastery have been additionally destroyed, sources mentioned, due to how lengthy it took to include the hearth.
The historic monastery in Nepal’s Chumnubri Rural Municipality-2 Gurkha district additionally serves as an elder care middle.
Outdoors of India, Nepal holds one of many bigger regional diasporas of Tibetans, with about 20,000 residing contained in the small landlocked Himalayan nation.
Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Edited by Nawar Nemeh and Josh Lipes.
