Lamayuru
Lamayouro is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. The Lamayuru Monastery is located nearby. It is located in the Khalsi tehsil. The region is also referred to as ‘Moon Land’, due to its terrain's resemblance to the surface of the Moon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: human settlement with 667 residents
- Description: village in India
- Also known as: “Lamayouro”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lamayuru Monastery.
Lamayuru Monastery
Monastery
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Lamayuru or Yuru Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Lamayouro, Leh district, Ladakh, India. It is situated on the Srinagar-Leh highway 15 kilometres east of the Fotu La at a height of 3,510 metres and 19 km southwest of Khalsi.
Lamayuru
- Location: Ladakh, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.28° or 34° 16′ 48″ northLongitude
76.77° or 76° 46′ 12″ eastPopulation
667Open location code
8J6R7QJ9+2XWikidata ID
Q20738504
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Telugu—“Lamayuru” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Lamayouro”
- German: “Lamayuru”
- Hindi: “लामयोरो”
- Hindi: “लामायुरु”
- Irish: “Lamayuru”
- Italian: “Lamayouro”
- Marathi: “लमयारू”
- Panjabi: “ਲਾਮਾਯੂਰੋ”
- Telugu: “లామాయూరో”
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