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Loading…Ladakh's only Sakya monastery, across the Indus from Thiksey, known for its oracle festival.
Its festival features oracles and masked dances.
'Tiger's nose' hilltop monastery above the Indus, built in the late 16th century.
Ruined summer palace and monastery 15 km from Leh, the old royal seat, with a large seated Buddha.
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.
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.
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.
Temple complex with some of Ladakh's oldest murals (12th-13th century), 65 km west of Leh.
Gelugpa monastery in the Sham valley with a 23 m golden Maitreya statue.