Mustang. In Chhusang, Baragung Muktichhetra Rural Municipality-3, a monastery is nestled within a cave carved into a red cliff. Historical analysis of the statues suggests the monastery is over 1,200 years old.Located on a steep slope near the Kagbeni-Korala road, the cave monastery is known as 'Minchi Lhwang'. It is owned by six families in Chhusang village, who take turns performing daily evening prayers and lighting lamps.Local resident Shyam Gurung explains that the cave, carved by ancestors, is in a precarious location. While the exact age remains uncertain to the current generation, local belief holds that ancestors migrated from Manang,...