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Jaipur
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Loading…Gelugpa monastery in the Sham valley with a 23 m golden Maitreya statue.
Likir oversees Alchi and holds a large golden seated Maitreya; its Losar festival is well known.
Largest Gelugpa monastery in Zanskar, near Padum.
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.
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.
Oldest and largest monastery in Nubra, above the Shyok river, beside a 32 m Maitreya statue.
11th-century Drikung Kagyu monastery above the 'moonland', one of the oldest in Ladakh.