Chagyo Pungri Monastery

Chagyo Pungri Monastery: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this monastery: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Chagyo Pungri Monastery

Season: October to March.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

Visiting Chagyo Pungri Monastery: timings and tips

Typical hours: Monasteries and stupas are usually open from early morning to around sunset; prayer halls may open only at prayer times. These are typical for buddhist sites in India; hours for this monastery are not listed yet. If you know them, post an update.

• Walk clockwise around stupas and prayer wheels.
• Take off your shoes in prayer halls and do not point your feet at images of the Buddha.
• Ask before photographing monks or the inside of a prayer hall.

How to reach Chagyo Pungri Monastery — distance from nearby cities

• From Dibrugarh (AS): about 192 km by road (154 km straight line) · directions · more places near Dibrugarh
• From Ziro (AR): about 243 km by road (194 km straight line) · directions · more places near Ziro
• From Itanagar (AR): about 310 km by road (248 km straight line) · directions · more places near Itanagar
• From Jorhat (AS): about 313 km by road (251 km straight line) · directions · more places near Jorhat
• From Tezpur (AS): about 422 km by road (338 km straight line) · directions · more places near Tezpur

Coordinates: 28.83980, 95.16093. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Chagyo Pungri Monastery

• 上比多日山 · viewpoint · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~44 km
• 尼隆普 · viewpoint · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~47 km
• Gengbang La · viewpoint · Gelling Circle · ~48 km
• 得尔工棍巴 · viewpoint · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~48 km
• Kepang La · viewpoint · Gelling Circle · ~49 km
• Gongto Podrang Ri · viewpoint · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~50 km
• 娘母错瀑布 · waterfall · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~52 km
• Mouling National Park · sanctuary · Siang · ~52 km
• 打让 · viewpoint · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~52 km
• 打靶山 · viewpoint · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~52 km
• 博帮 · viewpoint · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~53 km
• 布裙山 · viewpoint · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~55 km
• 打崩 · viewpoint · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~60 km
• 布龚 · viewpoint · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~60 km
• 公继日 · viewpoint · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~60 km
• 嘎隆拉 · viewpoint · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~61 km
• 敌比 · viewpoint · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~64 km
• 俄玛 · viewpoint · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~66 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Chagyo Pungri Monastery

Other buddhist sites near Chagyo Pungri Monastery

• Lamaling Monastery · Buddhist site · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~127 km · Must-see
• Demo Monastery · Buddhist site · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~113 km
• Qanag Gompa · Buddhist site · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~114 km
• Buchu Temple · Buddhist site · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~127 km
• Taktse Yungdrungling Monastery · Buddhist site · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~127 km
• 唐拉拉康 · Buddhist site · Nyingchi Prefecture · ~148 km
• Mankota gompa · Buddhist site · Upper Siang · ~13 km
• Danakosha Gompa · Buddhist site · Upper Siang · ~21 km
• Yang Sang Pemakod Monastery · Buddhist site · Upper Siang · ~39 km
• Gompa · Buddhist site · Upper Siang · ~39 km

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