Spituk Monastery
Spituk Monastery, also known as Spituk Gompa or Pethup Gompa, is a Buddhist monastery in Spituk, Leh district, Ladakh, 8 km from Leh. The site of Spituk was blessed by the Arhat Nyimagung.Photo: Redtigerxyz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 4,050 residents
- Description: Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, India
- Also known as: “Pethup Gompa”, “Pethup Monastery”, “Pitok”, “Pituk”, “Spitok Gompa”, “Spitok Monastery”, and “Spituk Gompa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport.
Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: caffeineAM, CC BY 2.0.
Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport is a military airfield of the Indian Air Force as well as domestic airport serving Leh, the capital of Ladakh, India. Situated at 3,256 m above mean sea level, it is the highest commercial airport in India and one of the highest in the world.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leh and Choglamsar.
Leh
Photo: Deeptrivia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leh is one of the two capitals of Ladakh, a union territory of India. Leh is in the Indus River Valley, at a crossroads of the old trading routes from Xinjiang, Tibet and Kashmir.
Choglamsar
Suburb
Choglamsar, also spelt Chuglamsar, is a census town in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is located on the bank of the Indus River. Choglamsar is situated 6 km southeast of Spituk Monastery.
Phey
Village
Phey is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Leh tehsil. Phey is situated 6 km west of Spituk Monastery.
Spituk Monastery
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Leh district, Ladakh, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Spanish—“Spituk Monastery” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “স্পিতুক বৌদ্ধবিহার”
- Chinese: “Spitok”
- Chinese: “贝图寺”
- Dutch: “Spitok”
- French: “Spituk”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Spitok”
- Portuguese: “Gompa de Pethup”
- Portuguese: “Gompa de Spitok”
- Portuguese: “Gompa de Spituk”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Pethup”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Spitok”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Spituk”
- Russian: “Спитук Гомпа”
- Russian: “Спитук-Гомпа”
- Spanish: “Spituk”
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Highlights include Leh Helipad and Khardung La.
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