About
Leh and Ladakh The main town of the region, is
dominated by Sengge Namgyal's nine-storey Palace, a building in the grand
tradition of Tibetan architecture, said to have inspired the famous Potala
in Lhasa, which was built half a century later. Above it, on Namgyal Tsemo,
the peak overlooking the town, are the ruins of the earliest royal residence
at Leh, a fort built by King Tashi Namgyal in the 16th century. The
associated temples remain intact, but they are kept locked except during the
morning and evening hours when a monk toils up the hills from Sankar Gompa
to attend to the butter-lamps in front of the images.
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Monastries
in Leh and Ladakh Monasteries in Ladakh may be either
of the Mahayana or the Hinayana sect of Buddhism. The head lama is called a
'kushak', meaning reincarnation. The monasteries of Ladakh are what give the
region its unique flavor and beauty. Typically, most gompas are built so
that they perch precariously on lone rocks or craggy mountain-faces.
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