The Norbusum Foundation is a local foundation focusing on traditional culture, local education and tangible and intangible heritage of Mustang and its neighbouring regions. Our goal is to preserve these for future generations by promoting the transmission of traditional knowledge, improving schools in region, and supporting monasteries and families in preserving their heritage through documentation and research.
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In 2020 the Norbusum Foundation was granted U.S. Department of State Federal Assistant Award
to conserve and seismically strengthen Lo Gekhar Monastery in Upper Mustang.
to conserve and seismically strengthen Lo Gekhar Monastery in Upper Mustang.
Lo GekharThe temple of Lo Gekhar is considered the oldest Buddhist temple of Mustang and contemporaneous with the first monastery of Tibet, Samyé, which was founded in the late 8th century. |
Gonpa Gang The monastery of Gonpa Gang, in Chuksang, Lower Mustang, has been built in the 1680ies as a nunnery and a "blessing for the land". |
DocumentationThe foundation supports the documentation of portable heritage to protect it from looting. These objects also offer unique insights into the history of the region and its relations to its neighbours. |