Hemis Monastery

Hemis Monastery is a Himalayan Buddhist monastery of the Drukpa Lineage, in on the bank of the , , . Situated 45 km from , it was re-established in 1672 by the king Sengge Namgyal.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist monastery in Ladakh
  • Also known as: “Hemis Gompa”

Hemis Monastery

Latitude
33.91269° or 33° 54′ 46″ north
Longitude
77.70315° or 77° 42′ 11″ east
Open location code
8J5VWP73+37
Open­Street­Map ID
node 342116668
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q4497698
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In Other Languages

From Bhojpuri to Tibetan—“Hemis Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Bhojpuri: “हेमिस गोंपा”
  • Catalan: “Monestir d’Hemis”
  • Chinese: “赫米斯寺廟”
  • French: “monastère d’Hémis”
  • French: “Monastère d’Hémis”
  • Hindi: “हेमिस फेस्टिवल”
  • Japanese: “ヘミス・ゴンパ”
  • Japanese: “ヘミス寺”
  • Latvian: “Hemisas klosteris”
  • Malayalam: “ഹെമിസ് ആശ്രമം”
  • Portuguese: “Gompa de Hemis”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Hemis”
  • Russian: “Хемис Гомпа”
  • Russian: “Химис-гомпа”
  • Russian: “Химис-Гомпа”
  • Swedish: “Hemisklostret”
  • Telugu: “హెమిస్ మొనాస్టరి”
  • Tibetan: “ཧེ་མི་གྲྭ་ཚང་།”
  • Tibetan: “ཧེ་མི་དགོན།”
  • “हेमिस गोंपा”

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