Nako is a village in the Himalayas of northern India, located near the Indo-China border in the Trans-Himalayan region of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

[3] One of the earliest descriptions of Nako is by the botanist Thomas Thomson based on his expedition in August 1847.

[7]: 108  It is set against the scenic backdrop of Reo Purgyal which has an elevation of 6,816 metres (22,362 ft) and is the highest mountain in Himachal Pradesh.

The village is now on a more stable location near the Nako Lake which is formed by the slopes of the mountains of Reo Purgyal.

Earlier, it was in a location on the opposite bank of the Nako river where it was subject to tectonic upliftment.

[13] The dukhong's walls have decorations of a complete mandala with "gates, fire-circle and secondary non-Buddhist deities in attendance".

To the east of this dukhong there is another hall of smaller size which has a sculpture of Yellow Tara (known as Grolgster[2]) made in stucco, with its roof and walls painted with mandalas.

Following these disastrous events, in May 1998, the University of Vienna launched a research Project in association with the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), the Buddhist Association of Nako, and local residents of Nako to carry out restoration works.

[14] The lake is an integral part of the Nako village, which is created on the slopes of the Reo Purgyal mountain of the Srikhand range.

[5][2] Chango gompa, a few km away from the Nako monastery on the road from Spiti, has a prayer wheel more than 500 years old, which measures about 3.5 m (11 ft) in diameter.

Near Nako, he found a series of irrigation ponds that were fed by a conduit from a stream more than 1 mi (1.6 km) distant.