Gompa

Gompa is a Buddhist temple in Zanskar, Kargil, Ladakh.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Karsha Monastery.

Karsha Monastery

Buddhist temple

Karsha Monastery or Karsha Gompa is a Buddhist monastery in the Padum Valley of the Zanskar region of the union territory of Ladakh in northern India. The Doda River flows past the monastery from its source at the Drang Drung Glacier of the Pensi La. Karsha Monastery is situated 1 km west of Gompa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Padum.

Padum

Town

Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Padum is the main town and the administrative centre of the Zanskar tehsil in Kargil district, Ladakh, India. Named after the Buddhist guru Padmasambhava, it was historically one of the two main capitals of the Zanskar Kingdom, the other being Zangla. Padum is situated 8 km southwest of Gompa.

Gompa

Type: Buddhist temple
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Zanskar, Kargil, Ladakh, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

33.53213° or 33° 31′ 56″ north

Longitude

76.9158° or 76° 54′ 57″ east

Open location code

8J5RGWJ8+V8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1116136672

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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