· Keylong |
-
{Keylong gompa : Drugpa monastery - cham-dance} |
· Khardang
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{Khardong gompa : Drugpa monastery & wedding in the village}
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· Satingri
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-
{Tayul gompa : Drugpa monastery}
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Ladakh
(Western-Tibet) |
· Keylong
®
Leh |
-
{Leh = Capital of Ladakh:
Tsemo & Sankar
& Jokhang gompa, palace} |
· Sankar |
-
{Sankar gompa : Gelukpa monastery - making of sand mandala} |
· Tikse
|
-
{Tikse gompa : the biggest
monastery in Ladakh+big library} |
[· Basgo]
|
-
{Basgo gompa and palace : unique Buddha-statues}
|
· Spitok
|
-
{Spitok gompa : thousand years
old temple (Gonkhang)}
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· Rizong
|
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{Rizong gompa : Gelukpa monastery & Julichen nunnery}
|
· Shara
|
-
{remote mountain village - first westerners ever for many}
|
· Phugze
|
-
{remote mountain village - first westerners ever for many}
|
· Matho |
-
{Matho gompa : trance-lamas} |
[· Stagna] |
-
{Stagna gompa : Drugpa-Kagyü monastery} |
[· Phyang] |
-
{Phyang gompa : Kagyüpa monastery} |
· Leh
® Kargil |
-
{Crossing the Himalayas - Kargil: Muslim-Buddhist border town} |
· Leh
®
[Lamayuru]
|
-
{Lamayuru gompa : important Kagyüpa monastery} |
· [Lamayuru®Mulbekh]
|
-
{Mulbekh (Gandentse) gompa & chamba statue} |
· [Mulbekh
®
Shergol]
|
-
{Shergol (Serdung) gompa : the most western Buddhist monastery} |
Zanskar
(Western-Tibet) |
·
Kargil ®
Padum |
-
{Crossing the Himalayas - Padum : the capital of Zanskar Buddhist
Kingdom} |
[· Rangdum]
|
-
{Rangdum gompa : Gelukpa monastery in the middle of nowhere} |
· Padum
|
-
{Stagrimo (Tagru) gompa : Drugpa-Kagyü monastery with mummies} |
· Sani
|
-
{Sani gompa : Kagyüpa monastery - 'magic heads'} |
· Karsha
|
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{Karsha gompa : most important monastery in Zanskar - Mahakala puja} |
· Bardan
|
-
{Bardan gompa : Drugpa monastery at the end of the world} |
· Thongde
|
-
{Thonde gompa : Gelukpa monastery} |
· Zangla
|
-
{Zangla gompa & Chang-chup Choeling nunnery} |
|
During
my travels I visited the following monasteries:
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Tsuglagkhang - Dharamsala (HP, India)
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Sankar - Sankar (Ladakh)
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Dip Tse-Chok Ling - Dharamsala (HP, India)
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Tikse - Tiksey (Ladakh)
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Gadhan Thekchoking - Manali (HP India)
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(Basgo) - Basgo (Ladakh)
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Khardong - Khardong
(Lahaul & Spiti)
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Rizong - Rizong (Ladakh)
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Tayul - Stingri (Lahaul &
Spiti)
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Julichen - Rizong
(Ladakh)
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Shashur - Leh (Ladakh)
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Shara - Shara (Ladakh)
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Jokhang
(Soma) - Leh (Ladakh)
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Matho - Matho (Ladakh)
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Lehchen Spalkhar - Leh
(Ladakh)
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(Stagna) - Stagna
(Ladakh)
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Lakhang - Leh (Ladakh)
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Spitok - Spituk (Ladakh)
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Namgyal Tsemo - Leh
(Ladakh)
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Shey - Shey (Ladakh)
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Hemis - Hemis (Ladakh)
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Zangla - Zangla (Zanskar)
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(Phyang) - Phyang
(Ladakh)
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Changchup - Zangla
(Zanskar)
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(Lamayuru) - Lamayuru
(Ladakh)
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Swayambhunath - Swayambunath (Nepal)
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(Serdung) - Mulbekh
(Ladakh)
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Rigzing Phadrang - Goraknath (Nepal)
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(Rangdum) - Rangdum
(Zanskar)
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Guru Rinpoche - Goraknath (Nepal)
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Stagrimo - Padum (Zanskar)
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Dongak Chöling - Goraknath (Nepal)
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Sani - Sani (Zanskar)
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Kopan - Kopan (Nepal)
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Karsha - Karsha (Zanskar)
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Sechen Tennyi Dargyeling - Bodnath (Nepal)
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Bardan - Bardan (Zanskar)
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Chinya-Lama - Bodnath (Nepal)
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Thonde - Thonde (Zanskar)
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Ka-Nying Sheldrup Ling - Bodnath (Nepal)
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