Many Buddhist monasteries on the mountain function as hotels for visitors providing traditional accommodation with an evening meal and breakfast.
The findings in Mustang of viharas (Buddhist monasteries) and caves also prove this point.
Many Buddhist monasteries are also found here.
The mountain and its vicinity are populated with Taoist and especially Buddhist monasteries.
Some argue that it was originally a Nestorian or Buddhist monastery going back to the tenth century.
It consists of many temples, gumbas (Buddhist monastery) and churches too.
They have a passionate affair, with him shuttling between the wat (Buddhist monastery) and her bedroom.
Along the 55-mile journey you can visit villages that are completely divorced from modern life and explore Buddhist monasteries built into cliff walls.
In short, Hindu temples began to take on the shape of wealthy Buddhist monasteries.
It is suggested that the original function of this building was a vihara (Buddhist monastery), a dwelling place for monks.