The Pung-gyen gompa (3870m) is named after Manaslu, as Pung-gyen means bracelet, a good description of the two peaks. To the left is Ngadi Chuli (Peak 29) and to the right the main summit of Manaslu and the East Pinnacle. The Pung-gyen Gompa was destroyed by fire during the winter of 1953 after the first Japanese expedition to Manaslu, killing 18 inhabitants, mostly nuns. The villagers believed the god residing on Manaslu destroyed the gompa to show his wrath for the trespassers, and refused to let the second Japanese expedition to Manaslu climb the mountain in 1954. When I got there, there was nobody home. I wonder where all the monks are gone?