Industries

* **Tourism & Hospitality:** The cornerstone of the modern local economy, driven by monastery visitors; includes homestays, boutique hotels, and cafes. * **Agriculture:** High-altitude farming of barley, wheat, peas, and root vegetables, heavily reliant on complex glacial irrigation. * **Handicrafts & Retail:** Local artisans and monks produce and sell traditional thangka paintings, woolen garments, prayer flags, and religious artifacts. * **Animal Husbandry:** Rearing of pashmina goats, sheep, yaks, and dzo (yak-cow hybrids) for dairy, wool, and agricultural labor. * **Construction:** A growing sector focused on expanding tourist accommodations and maintaining traditional mud-brick/timber architecture.