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Thikse Gompa
Trekking in Ladakh >> Ladakh Monasteries Tour >> Thikse Gompa

Dramatically situated on the end of spur almost sheer above the road a few kilometer above shey, Thikse was founded during the first phase of Ge-Lugs-Pa expansion in the 15th century possibly on the site of an earlier Ka-Dam establishments. A motor able track delivers visitors to the very entrance of the main buildings at the top.

Immediately though the gate there is a new Maitreya temple, dedicated by his Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1980. The gigantic image is not, as Maitreya is usually depicted, standing or seated on a raised throne, but is in lotus position. The main Du-Khang doubles as the library, ... Over to the systems of pigeon-hotels in which the woodblock printed volumes of the scripture are Kept. Most of the wall paintings are for the terrace deities, Some in Yab-Yum. Small dark chapel behind the main altar, with images of Sakyamuni, four-armed Avalokiteswara and Tson-Ka-Pa, has traces of murals in the free creative style of the 16th and 17th centuries. Women are admitted to Gon-Khang, because the images aer kept vield. Half-way down the hil is a second Du-Khang, Known as the white Du-Khnag, which has good murals in the Tibetan style. From the roof-terrace above the main Du-Khang an extensive view is obtained of the wide float into which the Indus valley opens here, With Stakna on its isolated hillock a
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little upriver, and an almost birdseye view of Shey; while across the river are Matho at the entrance to its gorge, and the long strip of cultivation of chushot village


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