Template:Infobox Tibetan Buddhist monastery Chemrey Monastery or Chemrey Gompa in Indus River valley is a 1664 Buddhist monastery in Leh district of Ladakh in northern India. It is Template:Convert north of Hemis Monastery, Template:Convert southeast of Leh and Template:Convert northwest of Upshi. It belongs to the Drugpa monastic order. It was founded in 1664 by the Lama Tagsang Raschen and dedicated to King Sengge Namgyal.
The monastery has a notable high Padmasambhava statue. It also contains a valuable collection of scriptures.[1]
The monastery comprises a number of shrines, two assembly halls (Du-Khang) and a Lama temple (Lha-Khang). The main attraction of the monastery is the one storey high statue of Padmasambhava. Another big attraction is the 29 volume scripture written in silver and golden letters.
The monastery holds every year the Chemrey Angchok festival of sacred dances.[2]
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Chemrey Gompa viewed from the southwest -
Chemrey Monastery
See also
References
- ↑ Chemrey Gompa. Buddhist-temples.com. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
- ↑ Welcome to Ladakh - Getting There. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
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