Chemrey Monastery

Chemrey Monastery
Chemrey Monastery
Chemrey Monastery is located in India
Chemrey Monastery
Location within India
Coordinates: 33°58′N 77°48′E / 33.967°N 77.8°E / 33.967; 77.8
Monastery information
Location Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Founded by Tagsang Raschen
Founded 1664
Type Tibetan Buddhist
Sect Drukpa
Dedicated to Sengge Namgyal
Festivals Sacred Dances - 28th and 29th
day of the 9th month

Chemrey Monastery or Chemrey Gompa is a 1664 Buddhist monastery, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Leh, Ladakh, northern India. It belongs to the Drugpa monastic order and was founded 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, with title pages in silver and the text in gold letters.[1] The monastery is also a venue for the festival of sacred dances which takes place on the 28th and 29th day of the 9th month of the Tibetan calendar every year.

References

  1. ^ "Chemrey Gompa". Buddhist-temples.com. http://www.buddhist-temples.com/buddhist-monastery/ladakh/chemrey.html. Retrieved September 30, 2009. 



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