Rizong Monastery

Rizong gompa, Gelugpa or Yellow Hat Buddhist monastery, also called the Yuma Changchubling, is in , India. It is situated at the top of a rocky side valley on the north side of the , to the west of on the way to Lamayuru.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: building in India
  • Also known as: “Rizong monastery”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Suspol, Leh and Alchi.

Village
Suspol, also spelled Saspol, is a village and eponymous tehsil headquarter in the Leh district of in . Saspol village is home to Saspol Caves. The interior walls of some of these caves are decorated with unique 15th century CE wall paintings. is situated 6 km southeast of Rizong Monastery.

Photo: Drmaliktariq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village between and in , . It sites beside the Indus River and its main attraction is the fabulous Gompa or Buddhist monastic complex.

Rizong Monastery

Latitude
34.27664° or 34° 16′ 36″ north
Longitude
77.11096° or 77° 6′ 39″ east
Open location code
8J6V74G6+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 274842766
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q2790392
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Tibetan—“Rizong Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Rizong”
  • Catalan: “Ridzong”
  • Catalan: “Rizong”
  • French: “Rizong Gompa”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Rizong”
  • Russian: “Ридзонг-Гомпа”
  • Tibetan: “དགའ་ལྡན་འཕེལ་རྒྱས་གླིང་།”
  • Tibetan: “རི་རྫོང་དགོན་པ།”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rizong nunnery and Saspol Caves.

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