The Dhankar Gompa in Spiti as among st its posessions a metal Statue of the Buddha which was off limits to outsiders. A few people had ever seen and it was first photographed for open sources only in 2010. This is the story of the Buddha which came all the way from Gilgit
The Ganden Sumtseling Tibetan Monastery in Yunnan
The Ganden Sumtsenling Monastery, also known as Sungtseling and Guihuasi is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery situated 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the city of Zhongdian at elevation 3,380 metres (11,090 ft) in Yunnan province, China. Built in 1679, the monastery is the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Yunnan province and is sometimes referred to as the Little Potala Palace.