It is situated 12 km north of Kaza and serving the Western population of Spiti. It is the oldest and biggest monastery of the valley and located at (4116 m) above Kye village. It houses beautiful scriptures and paintings of Buddha and other goddesses. lamas practice dance, sing and play on pipes and horns. many Lamas get religious training here. It has murals and books of high value.

It is located 13 km above Kaza serving western part of Central Spiti. Situated in a secluded place in the narrow gorge of Kaza nallah. It generally has a Lama from Tibet. Above this there is a long plateau which leads to Shilla Peak.

It is situated in the Pin valley about 10 km from Attargo where Spiti river has to be crossed to enter Pin valley. It is serving the population of Pin valley.

It is situated about 25 km east of Kaza and serving eastern part of central Spiti. Dhankar is a big village and erstwhile capital of Spiti King. On top of a hill there is a fort which used to be the prison in olden times. The Monastery has about 100 Lamas and is in possession of Buddhist scriptures in Bhoti language. Principal figure is a Statue of "Vairochana" (Dhayan Buddha) consisting of 4 complete figures seated back to back. It has relics in the shape of paintings and sculptures.

It is another big gompa for serving the population of eastern side. It is 10th century old and is located 50 km from Kaza. It is a famous gompa next to Tholing Gompa in Tibet. it has about 60 Lamas and has big collection of scriptures, wall paintings etc. Murals of this gompa have a great similarity to that of Ajanta paintings.