Housed in the Phuktal Gompa, it is the only centre of learning for the remote villages located in the Lungnak Valley, which is cut off from the rest of the Ladakh region and has no direct vehicular connectivity.

A lot of the students are children from the local farming families in the Lungnak Valley, which are extremely poor and least educated.

Nagri Choszed brought with him a high level of Buddhist philosophical education and training, to which the isolated Phuktal monks had had virtually no access for several centuries.

Complete education is provided, which involves a mix of traditional learning, which ensures preservation of the unique Zanskari cultural and spiritual heritage and the spread of dharma, and modern curriculum, which readies them for the world.

The Phuktal Gompa maintains a Traditional Tibetan medical clinic and makes many of the natural medicines itself.

It was first noticed due to the recession in the water level of the Nimoo Bazgo Hydroelectric Plant down the river.