{"id":1880,"date":"2014-06-30T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T03:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2014-06-30T09:00:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T03:30:46","slug":"likir-gompa-monastery-ladakh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/likir-gompa-monastery-ladakh\/","title":{"rendered":"Likir Gompa, Monastery, Ladakh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Likir Gompa<\/strong> Monastery is situated at 52 km from Leh little away from Leh-Srinagar highway near Saspul village<\/strong> , it was built in the\u00a0regime of King Lahchen Gyalpo in 1065 AD<\/strong> under the supervision of Lama Duwang\u00a0\u00a0Chosje of \u00a0Gelugpa sect<\/strong> of\u00a0Tibetan\u00a0Buddhism. New addition to the monastery was made in 1999AD is the \u00a023 metre (75 ft) tall a statue made of gilded gold\u00a0of \u00a0Maitreya (the future) Buddha\u00a0<\/strong>in sitting posture on\u00a0the roof . It is one of the best kept monastery in Ladakh .
\nThe name Likir means\u00a0\u00a0“The Naga – Encircled”<\/strong>, representing the bodies of the two great serpent spirits, the Naga-Rajas, Nanda<\/strong> and Taksako .<\/strong> This monastery \u00a0originally belonged to the early Kadampa<\/strong> order of Tibetan Buddhism ,\u00a0Lama Lha-dbang-chosrje<\/strong>\u00a0 student \u00a0of \u00a0Tsongkhapa<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0converted the lamas to the reformed doctrines of the Gelugpa order<\/strong> in 15th\u00a0centenary\u00a0. This\u00a0\u00a0monastery is also popularly known as \u201cKlu-kkhyil\u201d<\/strong>, which means water spirits<\/strong>. It is believed that the monastery is the first in Ladakh to have been constructed by Tibetan monks.
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Likir Gompa Monastery<\/p><\/div>
\nThe monastery is located on a top of hill on the bottom of hill is lush green agricultural fields it was expanded in 15th century by\u00a0\u00a0Lhawang Lodos Sangphu<\/strong> .\u00a0Monasteries that flourished during this period evolved their complexes as small fortress perched on strategic height, utilizing the terrain and reinforcing it with thick peripheral walls . Likir monastery is a classic example of a fort-monastery,\u00a0main temple at the highest point followed by monks residence just below them and their after the village houses, thick peripheral walls and narrow \u00a0open spaces as movement paths.
\nThere are over 100 monks and students who live here are taught Hindi, Sanskrit and English<\/strong> under the supervision of Central Institute of Buddhist Studies<\/strong> .It is also a seat of\u00a0the Ngari Rinpoche<\/strong> the younger brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama<\/strong> .
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Lord Buddha statue at Likir Monastery<\/p><\/div>
\nThe monastery has two assembly halls, known \u00a0the older one is located on the right of the central courtyard with six rows of seats for the lamas and a throne for the Head Lama of Likir<\/strong> ,in the hall there are\u00a0statues of Bodhisattva<\/strong> , Amitabha<\/strong>,\u00a0large statues of Sakyamuni<\/strong>\u00a0, Maitreya\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0and Tsong Khapa<\/strong> the\u00a0founder of the yellow-hat sect. The second hall 200 years old\u00a0contains a statue of Avalokitesvara<\/strong> \u00a0with 1000 arms and 11 heads .\u00a0The left wall has paintings of the 35 Confessional Buddhas<\/strong> while the right wall has an image of Sakyamuni<\/strong> with two of his chiefs by his side . There is a good collection of\u00a0\u00a0old manuscripts, has a notable Thangka<\/strong> , old costumes and earthen pots . The upper floor has a\u00a0\u00a0images of Lamas and the 21 manifestations of the White Tara<\/strong>, the consort of Avalokitesvara<\/strong>.
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Assembly hall at Likir Monastery<\/p><\/div>
\nLikir monastery also serves as the venue of an annual event Dosmochey<\/strong>, the assembly of votive offerings<\/strong> and sacred dances<\/strong> which takes place on the 27th day to 29th day of the 12th month of the Tibetan Calender .
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Likir Gompa Monastery is situated at 52 km from Leh little away from Leh-Srinagar highway near Saspul village , it was built in the\u00a0regime of King Lahchen Gyalpo in 1065 AD under the supervision of Lama Duwang\u00a0\u00a0Chosje of \u00a0Gelugpa sect of\u00a0Tibetan\u00a0Buddhism. New addition to the monastery was made in 1999AD is the \u00a023 metre (75 … →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,11,12,13,14,16,19,21,22,25,1,27],"tags":[32,35,111,199,358,552,573,696,1226,1383,1412,1469,1490,1494,1548,1551,1554,1742,1938,1939,1940,2427,2851,2863,2864,2942,2946,3077],"class_list":["post-1880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-buddhist-monuments","category-himalayas","category-history","category-humanity","category-jammu-and-kashmir","category-monuments","category-pilgrimage","category-religious-belief","category-road-trip","category-trekking","category-uncategorized","category-wildlife","tag-21-manifestations-of-the-white-tara","tag-35-confessional-buddhas","tag-amitabha","tag-avalokitesvara","tag-bodhisattva","tag-confessional-buddhas","tag-dalai-lama","tag-dosmochey","tag-kadampa-order","tag-king-lahchen-gyalpo","tag-klu-kkhyil","tag-ladakh","tag-lama-duwang-chosje","tag-lama-lha-dbang-chosrje","tag-lhawang-lodos-sangphu","tag-likir-gompa","tag-likir-monastery","tag-maitreya","tag-naga-raja-nanda","tag-naga-raja-taksako","tag-naga-rajas","tag-sakyamuni","tag-the-head-lama-of-likir","tag-the-naga-encircled","tag-the-ngari-rinpoche","tag-tsong-khapa","tag-tsongkhapa","tag-white-tara"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}