The original monastery was severely damaged in the 1975 Kinnaur earthquake . Subsequent to its full restoration and the addition of new structures , the 14th Dalai Lama visited the monastery and initiated the Kalachakra Festival ( a process of initiation and rejuvenation ) in 1983 , after the Kalachakra Temple was built . He also revisited in 1996 when the millennium of its existence was celebrated and has returned on numerous occasions . In 2009 , the Dalai Lama was scheduled to inaugurate the Kalachakra Stupa , which has been built as an auspicious symbol , following the special blessings of Kalachakra he had performed earlier . His Holiness Sakya Trizin and other Tibetan teachers and meditation masters have also visited the monastery and encouraged the Buddhist practice among the local people
1975 Kinnaur earthquake
1975 Kinnaur earthquake
Tabo Monastery