Himalayan North
Ladakh
Leh district

Leh Palace

Leh Palace, also known as Lachen Palkar Palace, is a former royal palace overlooking the city of in , . It was constructed circa 1600 AD by Sengge Namgyal.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Namgyal Tsemo Monastery and Sankar Monastery.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Karunakar Rayker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Namgyal Tsemo Gompa is a Buddhist monastery in city of Leh district, , northern . Founded by King Tashi Namgyal of Ladakh, it has a three-story high gold statue of Maitreya Buddha and ancient manuscripts and frescoes. is situated 420 metres northeast of Leh Palace.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Bhrigu bayan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, or Sankar Gompa is a Buddhist monastery within an easy half-hour walk from in , northern . It is a daughter-establishment of the and the residence of the Abbot of Spituk, the Venerable Kushok Bakula, who is the senior incarnate lama of Ladakh due to his ancient lineage and personal authority. is situated 1 km north of Leh Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leh and Choglamsar.

Photo: Deeptrivia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of the two capitals of , a union territory of . is in the Indus River Valley, at a crossroads of the old trading routes from , and .

Suburb
, also spelt Chuglamsar, is a census town in the Leh district of , India. It is located on the bank of the . is situated 6 km south of Leh Palace.

Leh Palace

Latitude
34.16594° or 34° 9′ 57″ north
Longitude
77.5862° or 77° 35′ 10″ east
Open location code
8J6V5H8P+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 167572743
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Wiki­data ID
Q3043543
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Telugu—“Leh Palace” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “palau de Leh”
  • Catalan: “Palau de Leh”
  • Chinese: “列城王宫”
  • Chinese: “列城王宮”
  • Chinese: “萊宮”
  • Czech: “Palác Leh”
  • Czech: “Palác v Lehu”
  • Czech: “Palác v Léhu”
  • Dutch: “Leh Palace”
  • French: “palais de Leh”
  • French: “Palais de Leh”
  • German: “Palast von Leh”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון לה”
  • Italian: “Palazzo di Leh”
  • Japanese: “レー王宮”
  • Malayalam: “ലേ പാലസ്”
  • Panjabi: “ਲੇਹ ਪੇਲੈਸ”
  • Polish: “Pałac królewski w Leh”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio de Lé”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio de Leh”
  • Russian: “Лехский дворец”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Leh”
  • Swedish: “Leh-palatset”
  • Swedish: “Lehpalatset”
  • Swedish: “palatset i Leh”
  • Tamil: “லே அரண்மனை”
  • Telugu: “లెహ్ పాలస్”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Soma Gompa and Yoga Centre.

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