 One set of villagers belong to the Gelukpa Order or Yellow Hat Sect of Buddhists, and they are under the religious patronage of the Samtsaling Monastery, which is 3 km away from the village.The second set of people, from a hamlet of the village, belong to the Diskit Gompa, the oldest and the largest monastery.Both monasteries own land in the village, which are given on tenement to the villagers for raising agricultural crops.