{"id":2262,"date":"2014-07-05T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T03:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=2262"},"modified":"2014-07-05T09:00:41","modified_gmt":"2014-07-05T03:30:41","slug":"phuktal-gompa-monastery-zanskar-ladakh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/phuktal-gompa-monastery-zanskar-ladakh\/","title":{"rendered":"Phuktal Gompa, Monastery, Zanskar, Ladakh"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Phugtal Gompa<\/strong> , Monastery also called Phuktal<\/strong> a\u00a0Tibetan buddhist monastery\u00a0of the Gelupa Buddhist sect<\/strong> is\u00a0situated in Zanskar valley of Ladakh at a height of 3850\u00a0meters\u00a0, established by\u00a0by Lama<\/strong>\u00a0Gangsem Sherap Sampo<\/strong> in the early 12th century, the monastery is a unique construction the foundation of the monastery, made up of twigs and muds\u00a0built into the cliffside ,\u00a0on the mouth of a cave on the cliff face \u00a0onto an almost perpendicular drop. When\u00a0entering\u00a0the gorge (on foot, no road) one turns round a bend in the valley and are presented with the view over a\u00a0\u00a0gorge of a major tributary of the Lungnak<\/strong> (Lingti-Tsarap<\/strong>) River <\/strong>on its right bank .
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Phuktal Gompa , Zanskar<\/p><\/div>
\nPhuktal<\/strong> meaning through caves<\/strong>, It is a 2-storied structure painted in traditional Ladakhi colors<\/strong> of red, black and yellow, the highlights of the monastery include frescoes and ceiling decorations in an old Gompa which belong to same era as that of Alchi Monastery. There are \u00a0three large and one small prayer room and a library. One of the main attraction here is a hollow in the rock in the cave over the monastery, the level of water in this hollow never drops down \u00a0despite any amount of water being drawn from it , this water is believed to have curative powers.
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\nOne can reach here from Kargil to Padum by road and then\u00a0a two days trek route that leads to Manali diverges off from the Purney Bridge<\/strong> leads \u00a0to a 7 km trek to Phuktal monastery.
\nThe monks of the monastery carry out the sacred Cham dance<\/strong> during the Gustor festival<\/strong> which is celebrated during the 18th and 19th day of the Tibetan 12th month.
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