Likir Monastery

Ladakh · India

Likir Monastery, India
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Set on a hillock in a side valley off the Indus, this Gelugpa gompa is watched over by a huge gilded outdoor statue of the future Buddha. Its whitewashed halls hold old thangkas and a small museum of relics.

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