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Loading…Oldest and largest monastery in Nubra, above the Shyok river, beside a 32 m Maitreya statue.
Founded in the 14th-15th century, with prayer halls, murals and thangkas; the giant Maitreya statue faces down the valley. Dosmoche is celebrated here.
Within 1 km of Diskit Monastery.
White Japanese-built peace stupa (1991) on Changspa hill with sweeping views of Leh.
Red gompa (1430) and ruined fort on Tsemo hill above Leh Palace, best at morning puja.
Largest Gelugpa monastery in Zanskar, near Padum.
Hilltop Gelugpa monastery 18 km from Leh, often compared to the Potala, with a 15 m Maitreya statue.
Ladakh's largest and wealthiest monastery, 40 km from Leh, home of the Hemis Tsechu masked dance festival.
Gelugpa monastery on a hill by Leh airport with views of the Indus.
11th-century Drikung Kagyu monastery above the 'moonland', one of the oldest in Ladakh.
Cave monastery in southern Zanskar, a day's trek from the road end at Dorzang.