Namgyal Tsemo Monastery
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Coordinates | 34°10′3″N 77°35′24″E / 34.16750°N 77.59000°E |
Monastery information | |
Location | Leh district, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
Founded by | Tashi Namgyal |
Founded | 1430 |
Type | Tibetan Buddhist |
Sect | Gelug |
Namgyal Tsemo Monastery or Namgyal Tsemo Gompa is a Buddhist monastery in Leh district, Ladakh, northern India.[1]Founded in 1430 by King Tashi Namgyal of Ladakh, it has a three-story high gold statue of Maitreya Buddha and ancient manuscripts and frescoes.[1]
The Monastery was featured in a television commercial for WorldSoccerShop.com in 2011.
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- 1 2 "Namgyal Tsemo Gompa". Buddhist-temples.com. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
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