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Sankar Gompa

Location: 3-km From Leh, Ladakh Region, J&K
Significance: Official Residence Of The Kushok Bakul, Ladakh's Head Of The Gelug- Pa Sect.
Timing: 7.00 am - 10.00 am & 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm


Nestled amid the shimmering poplar coppices and terraced fields of barley that extend up the valley behind Leh , Sankar Gompa, 3-km north of the town centre, is among the most accessible monasteries in central Ladakh - hence its restricted visiting hours for tourists.

About The Monastery & Its Attractions

The monastery, a small under Gompa of Spitok, is staffed by twenty monks, and is the official residence of the Kushok Bakul, Ladakh's head of the Gelug-pa sect. Appropriately for such a high-ranking 'Rinpoche', his glass-fronted penthouse enjoys pride of place on top of the main building, crowned with a golden spire and a "Dharma Chakra" flanked by two deer, symbolizing the Buddha's first sermon in Sarnath.

A flight of steps leads from the courtyard to the Du-khang. Beyond the lords of the four quarters and wheel of life Mandala that adorn the verandah, one enters a high ceilinged hall whose walls writhe with lustrous multicoloured murals. Those on either side of the doorway are the most amazing: many armed pot bellied bovine monsters drink blood from skull cups, while the copulating "Yab-Yum" couples to the right are garlanded with severed heads and engulfed in swirling red and yellow flames.

The Deity

Above the Du Khang stands the Gompa's principal deity, Tara, in her triumphant, 1,000 armed form as "Dukkar", or "Lady of the White Parasol", presiding over a light, airy shrine room whose walls are adorned with a Tibetan calendar and tableaux depicting "dos and don'ts" for monks - some very arcane indeed. Another flight of steps leads to the Gompa library and, eventually, a roof terrace with fine views towards the north side of Namgyal Tsemo hill and the valley to the south.

HOW TO GET THERE


Road: One can get there either by car, or on foot: turn left at the junction above Ali Shah's Postcard shop, and then right onto the concrete path that runs alongside the stream. Sankar appears after about twenty minutes' walk, surrounded by sun-bleached Chortens and a high mud wall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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