Keylong is the administrative centre of the Lahaul and Spiti district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh situated at an altitude of 3340 mts above the sea level. The region is strange, exciting, primitive mountainous and delightful. Rudyard Kipling said of the region "Surely the God live here this no place for men. Keylong is famous for Kardang Monastery, the largest and most important monastery in Lahaul, of the Drukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism, which is on a slope across the river from Keylong.