[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ladakh is the hub of Monastery and there are so many best monasteries where you can go and explore the religious places & cultures and history and Likir Monastery is one of them. also, know as Likir Gompa (Klud-kyil) it’s a budisht monastery in Northern Ladakh on the way of Srinagar Leh High ways also known as Sham Valleys. it is based in Likir village near the Indus River about 9.5 kilometers from Highway. and our Ladakh tour packages you will cover these places and take a local sightseen also if you come from Srinagar so you will easily cover this after Kargil[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”About Likir Monastery” google_fonts=”font_family:Basic%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Likir Monastery or Likir Gompa (Klud-kyil) might be a Buddhist cloister in Ladakh, Northern India. it’s found around 52 kilometers (32 mi) inside the west of Leh. it’s beautifully arranged on a touch slope inside the valley,[1] in Likir town close to the Indus about 9.5 kilometers (5.9 mi) north of the Srinagar to Leh highway.[2] It has a place with the Gelugpa faction of Lamaism and was set up in 1065 by Lama Duwang Chosje, under the order of the fifth lord of Ladakh, Lhachen Gyalpo.
Move up to Likir’s focal patio and promptly on the legitimate is that the primary Dukhang or assembly hall . the entryway verandah is painted with the Guardians of the Four Directions on one or the other side of the passage entryway. On the legitimate verandah divider might be a Wheel of Life mandala held by Yama, the divine nature that determines a person’s future destiny in the afterlife. Entering the most Dukhang, there are six lines of seats for the lamas. this is regularly where the day’s petitions occur and furthermore where the lamas take their dinners. Various thankhas dangle from the segments and dividers inside the Dukhang. At the front on the left are two huge chortens. Inside the chorten on the left might be a sculpture of Avalokitesvara, a Bodhisattva whose name signifies “Ruler of All He Surveys”, accepted to be resurrected inside the Dalai Lama . The chorten on the legitimate contains a sculpture of Amitabha Buddha of the West. inside the middle at the front of the corridor are three enormous sculptures: inside the left and focal position are sculptures of Sakyamuni (the Historical Buddha) and to the appropriate is Maitreya (the Future Buddha or Buddha of Compassion). To the appropriate of this are sculptures of Tsong-kha-dad (author of the yellow-cap order who lived from 1357 to 1419 AD) along with his two followers. The seat inside the focal point of the corridor is saved for the top lama of Likir and visiting head lamas from other gompas.
The Likir cloister stand 6 km north of the fundamental Leh – Srinagar thruway, a little before the town of Saspol. From Leh itself, the distance is 62 km in the western course.
It was during the standard of the fifth ruler of Ladakh, Lhachen Gyalpo, that land was proposed to Lama Duwang Chosje, a famous promoter of reflection, to develop the religious community. The lama graced the land and the religious community came up in 1065 AD.
The religious community was encased by the assemblages of the two extraordinary snake spirits or the naga-rajas, Nanda and Taksako. Along these lines, the name of the religious community became Likir or the Naga circled. At first, the religious community was related with the Kadampa faction, nonetheless, the year 1470 saw a transformation by a focal Tibetan priest Lawang Lotos. This coversion brought about the religious community being brought under the Gelukspa Order of the incomparable Lama Tsongkhapa.
The religious community, the way things are today, isn’t the first design that was developed in the eleventh century. A fire obliterated the first sanctuary, and in its place, a new structre was raised in the eighteenth century. Due to this the cloister doesn’t gives an appearance of being exceptionally old. Mud Images of three Buddhas – “Marme Zat” (past), “Sakyamuni” (present) and “Maitreya” (Future) – overwhelm the Du-khang though the Gon-khang houses a sculpture of “Tse-Ta-Pa”, the fierce defender. Furthermore, the great paintings of “Yamantaka” and “Mahakala” also decorate the Gon-khang.
he cloister is the seat of Ngari Rinpoche, the most youthful sibling of Dalai Lama. ‘Likir’ signifies ‘The Naga-Encircled’ which addresses the collections of two incredible snake spirits-Nanda and Taksako. It is accepted that these snakes had monitored the cloister.
Right now, there’s a school inside the Likir Monastery run by the Central Institute of Buddhist examinations and a library open to guests where old compositions, volumes and books on Buddhism and the lessons of Tsong Khapa are housed. A sanctuary named Gonkhang is likewise present in the complex having pictures of Sakyamuni and Tsongkhapa. The yearly Likir Monastery celebration is the most alluring occasion which incorporates Cham dance performed by lamas and a presentation of cloister assortment
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”How Can You Reach Likir Monastery” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Basic%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]If you want to cover this places temple in your Ladakh tour so I will guide you on how can you reach Likir and explore the monastery with your family & Friends, so you can go by road cab from Leh it’s almost 89 km from Leh north Ladakh. located on the way Srinagar Leh Highway road. also if you book a Kashmir Ladakh tour so you can cover these places on these packages after Kargil[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Related packages” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Basic%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][products columns=”4″ orderby=”title” order=”ASC” ids=”4606, 4607, 6066″][/vc_column][/vc_row]