CHULICHAN NUNNERY

Around 1.5km below Rizong Monastery lies Chulichan Nunnery, one of the oldest nunneries in Ladakh. It is famous for it's orchards of sweet apricots.

There are currently 15 nuns at the nunnery, aged 10-18. All can read and write english and some have relatively good spoken English. There are two teachers at the school - both speak no English but do speak Hindi. Accomodation will be within the nunnery itself thus only females are permitted to live and teach at Chulichan.

                                                                                             
                                                                                          


All photos and text © Manoj Bharij 2004