{"id":2266,"date":"2014-07-04T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T03:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=2266"},"modified":"2014-07-04T09:00:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T03:30:03","slug":"stongdey-gompa-monastery-zanskar-ladakh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/stongdey-gompa-monastery-zanskar-ladakh\/","title":{"rendered":"Stongdey Gompa, Monastery, Zanskar, Ladakh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stongdey Gompa<\/strong> , Monastery also called Stongdey Marpaling<\/strong>.\u00a0One of the most fascinating attractions in Zanska<\/strong>r\u00a0on a hill-top about 10 km from Padum on Zangla road,\u00a0established in 1052AD by famous translator Lama Marpa Larsawa<\/strong> desciple of Lama Naropa<\/strong> , four\u00a0centenary later it was taken over by Gelugpa sect of\u00a0Buddhism<\/strong> .\u00a0It belongs to the Tsongkhapa order<\/strong>, which was introduced by Lama Gyaltsanpa Tundup Palzangpo<\/strong>.
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Stongdey Gompa, Monastery, Zanskar, Ladakh<\/p><\/div>
\nOne can reach here\u00a0trekking for three hour from the main road.
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Stondey Gompa, monastery , Zanskar, Ladakh<\/p><\/div>
\nThe sprawling whitewashed complex has a number of temples, each a repository of the region’s rich monastic legacy\u00a0.\u00a0There are seven temples in all. The Tshogs-khang<\/strong> is decorated with exquisite painting including some with deities on a black background outlined in gold ,\u00a0major attraction of the monastery consists of the gorgeous wall paintings adorning its interiors.
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Stupas at Stongdey Gompa Zanskar, Ladakh<\/p><\/div>
\nThe Lamas serving at Stongdey are the successive reincarnations of Nari Tulku \u00a0<\/strong>over 950 years ,\u00a0<\/strong>around 60\u00a0monks who live in the monastery have built a school for the Tibetan children of the area to keep the Tibetan culture and language alive .
\nEvery year the \u00a0Gustor Festival<\/strong>\u00a0is held on the 28th and 29th day in the eleventh month of the Tibetan Calender,\u00a0the monks perform the sacred dance in the monastery.
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Stongdey Gompa , Monastery also called Stongdey Marpaling.\u00a0One of the most fascinating attractions in Zanskar\u00a0on a hill-top about 10 km from Padum on Zangla road,\u00a0established in 1052AD by famous translator Lama Marpa Larsawa desciple of Lama Naropa , four\u00a0centenary later it was taken over by Gelugpa sect of\u00a0Buddhism .\u00a0It belongs to the Tsongkhapa order, which … →<\/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":[2,3,4,11,12,14,19,21,25],"tags":[839,840,953,1469,1492,1495,1496,1981,2088,2731,2732,2733,2735,2740,2891,2941,2946,2947,3123],"class_list":["post-2266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-architecture","category-buddhist-monuments","category-himalayas","category-history","category-jammu-and-kashmir","category-pilgrimage","category-religious-belief","category-trekking","tag-gelugpa-sect","tag-gelugpa-sect-of-buddhism","tag-gustor-festival","tag-ladakh","tag-lama-gyaltsanpa-tundup-palzangpo","tag-lama-marpa-larsawa","tag-lama-naropa","tag-nari-tulku","tag-padum","tag-stondey-gompa","tag-stongdey-gomp","tag-stongdey-gompa","tag-stongdey-marpaling","tag-stupas","tag-tibetan-calender","tag-tshogs-khang","tag-tsongkhapa","tag-tsongkhapa-order","tag-zanskar"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266","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=2266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}