Kardang Monastery
Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Kardang, Himachal Pradesh, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kardang Monastery or Gompa is a famous Drukpa Lineage monastery, and is the most important monastery the Lahaul valley, India. The associated village of Kardang was once the capital of Lahaul.[1]
Kardang Monastery | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Tibetan Buddhism |
Sect | Drukpa |
Location | |
Location | Kardang, Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India |
Country | India |
Geographic coordinates | 32.563°N 77.022°E / 32.563; 77.022 |
Architecture | |
Date established | 12th century |
The monastery is a huge white building bedecked with prayer flags[2] It is situated on a ridge below the 15,000 foot (4,572 metres) Rangcha peak, at an altitude of 3,500m on the left bank of the Bhaga River, facing the town of Keylong,[3] about 8 km away. Kardang is well connected by the road via the Tandi bridge which is about 14 km from Keylong. The monastery was featured on the 7 November 2010 episode of the History Channel TV series IRT Deadliest Roads, where trucker Rick Yemm delivered a large golden Buddha statue to the monastery and was greeted by the monastery's head, Lama Paljor Larje.