Thikse Monastery

March 21, 2024

Chortens at Thikse Monastery, a Buddhist monastery affiliated with the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located on top of a hill in Thiksey approximately 19 kilometres east of Leh, in the Ladakh region of northern India. It is noted for its resemblance to the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, and is the largest monastery in central Ladakh, notably containing a separate set of buildings for female renunciates that has been the source of significant recent building and reorganization. The route leading up to the monastery is lined with chortens and mane walls.

RR: Australia & New Zealand x World RR
Date: March 6

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