Sankar Monastery, Buddhist monastery in Leh, India
The monastery stands north of Leh, featuring stone boundary walls and an assembly hall decorated with paintings of the Four Directions guardians.
The current structure was built 90 years ago within the grounds of a 500-year-old temple, serving as a branch of the Spituk Monastery.
The inner sanctuary contains a figure of Avalokitesvara with eleven heads and one thousand arms, while walls display mandalas and a Tibetan calendar.
The monastery opens twice daily, from 7 AM to 10 AM and 5 PM to 7 PM, with optimal visiting conditions between March and October.
Twenty-five lamas of the yellow-hat sect maintain the monastery, with one designated to light butter lamps twice daily at Namgyal Tsemo fort.
Location: Leh
GPS coordinates: 34.17417,77.58528
Latest update: March 6, 2025 07:23
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