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Chemrey Monastery

NameChemrey Monastery
Image Size200px
Pushpin MapIndia
Latd33|latm=58|lats=|latNS=N
Longd77|longm=48|longs=|longEW=E
Iso RegionIN-JK
Map CaptionLocation within India
Mapsize250
Location CountryIndia
LocationLadakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Founded ByTagsang Raschen
Founded1664
SectDrukpa
Dedicated ToSengge Namgyal
FestivalsSacred Dances - 28th and 29th
day of the 9th month

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Chemrey Monastery or Chemrey Gompa is a 1664 Buddhist monastery, approximately 40 kilometres 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. 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.


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