The Tengboche Monastery or Dawa Choling Gompa (which you have undoubtedly heard mentioned dozens of time until this point). Visitors to Tengboche are permitted to walk freely about the monastery grounds, and they can even get a peek inside during certain hours.

The monastery is the largest Gompa in Khumbu valley, a spectacular building adorned with traditional buddhist symbols and paintings. The gateway is guarded by two large statues of what seems like a cross between a lion and a dragon on either sides. There are also five smaller prayer wheels and two large prayer wheels with bells on both sides of the entrance. According to the Buddhist tradition, you must pass to the left of prayer wheels, and if you decide to spin them it has to be clockwise.