The Lamayuru monastery school project was started by head monk Bakula Rangdol Nima in collaboration with Tashi Angchuk, former president of Ladakh’s Buddhist Association. Together, they share a common vision of restoring and reviving monastic traditions and rituals, while providing a modern, secular education to young Ladakhi students from the most remote and underserved parts of Ladakh. The hostel and school will harness solar energy, which is in abundance and the most economical and reliable source of energy in Ladakh, for heat and electricity. It is the hope that this school will revitalize monastic traditions and pass on this ancient heritage to future generations.

125 km west of Leh, Lamayuru monastery was founded in the 10th century. According to a popular folktale, Lamayuru was once a lake. A Lama once blessed the place so that it caused the waters of the lake to recede up to the mountains and left the place for the monastery to be built. This monastery is in utter ruins and only its main hall stands to this day housing numerous Tankhyas. The Yundrung Kabgyad festival is held here annually during summer on the 28th and 29th days of the second Tibetan month. Lamayuru has some fascinating caves carved out of the mountainside and is set on a high cape overlooking the village and valley. The monastery is also known as Yung Drung (meaning 'Swastika') and is worth seeing, if only for its beauty that surmounts that of any other gompa of the region.