Shey Palace
Shey Palace is a castle in Leh Ladakh, Ladakh. Shey Palace is situated nearby to the castle Shey Monastery, as well as near the Buddhist temple Shey Bodh Montessori.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shey Monastery and Thikse Monastery.
Shey Monastery
Castle
Photo: Kmohankar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shey Monastery or Gompa or the Shey Palace are complex structures located on a hillock in Shey, 15 kilometres to the south of Leh in Ladakh, northern India on the Leh-Manali road.
Thikse Monastery
Buddhist temple
Photo: Shashank Mehendale, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thiksey Monastery or Thiksey Gompa is a Buddhist monastery affiliated with the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located on top of a hill in Thiksey approximately 19 kilometres east of Leh, in the Ladakh region of northern India. Thikse Monastery is situated 3½ km southeast of Shey Palace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shey and Chuchat Yakma.
Shey
Village
Photo: Kiran L Reddy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leh, the main capital of Ladakh, India, is on the Indus River Valley, at a crossroads of the old trading routes from Xinjiang, Tibet and Kashmir.
Chuchat Yakma
Village
Chuchat Yakma, also known as Chuchot Yokma, is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Leh tehsil. Chuchat Yakma is situated 3 km west of Shey Palace.
Thiksey
Village
Photo: Kiran Jonnalagadda, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thiksey is a village and the headquarters of its eponymous block in Leh district, Ladakh, India. It is located in the Leh tehsil. The Thikse Monastery is located here. Thiksey is situated 4 km southeast of Shey Palace.
Shey Palace
- Type: Castle
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Leh Ladakh, Ladakh, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.07158° or 34° 4′ 18″ northLongitude
77.63292° or 77° 37′ 59″ eastOpen location code
8J6V3JCM+J5OpenStreetMap ID
node 13962395320OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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