Chemrey Monastery

Chemrey Monastery
Location within India
Basic information
Location Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Geographic coordinates 33°58′N 77°48′E / 33.967°N 77.800°E / 33.967; 77.800Coordinates: 33°58′N 77°48′E / 33.967°N 77.800°E / 33.967; 77.800
Sect Drukpa
Festivals Sacred Dances - 28th and 29th
day of the 9th month
Founder Tagsang Raschen

Chemrey Monastery or Chemrey Gompa is a 1664 Buddhist monastery, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Leh, Ladakh, northern India. It belongs to the Drugpa monastic order. It was founded in 1664 by the Lama Tagsang Raschen and dedicated to King Sengge Namgyal.

The monastery has a notable high Padmasambhava statue. It also contains a valuable collection of scriptures, with title pages in silver and the text in gold letters.[1] The monastery is also a venue for the festival of sacred dances which takes place on the 28th and 29th day of the 9th month of the Tibetan calendar every year.

The monastery comprises a number of shrines, two assembly halls (Du-Khang) and a Lama temple (Lha-Khang). The main attraction of the monastery is the one storey high statue of Padmasambhava. Another big attraction is the 29 volume scripture written in silver and golden letters.[2]
The monastery holds every year the Chemrey Angchok festival of sacred dances. It takes place on the 28th and 29th day of the 9th month of the Tibetan calendar. [3]

Chemrey Monastery

References

  1. ↑ "Chemrey Gompa". Buddhist-temples.com. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  2. ↑ http://travel.india.com/destinations/chemrey-monastery
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2015-07-23.


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