Friends of Nub Gon Monastery is a charitable society and it was registered in October 2002 under the Indian Societies Registration Act. This society is involved in education, health, and ecological projects in the Himalaya region. Friends of Nub Gon Monastery was named after the Nub Gon monastery back in Kham, Eastern Tibet. With the blessings of H.H. Khamtrul Rinpoche and the guidance of his teachers and Indian friends, Ven. Tulku Popa, Lama Ngawang Negi and other well wishers set up the society. It is presently being jointly operated by them and local people. The original operation started with a small incense making center that functions as an income generator for the local community there employed. Its profits are used to fulfill other objectives of the organization such as providing for the Nub Gon Monastery in Tibet and for the benefit of the Indian and Tibetan communities at Tashi Jong

View of Nub Gon monastery near the top of the mountain in Tibet

view of Nub Gon nearest  Monastery