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Phyang Monastery
leh srinagar highway, leh, jammu and kashmir, 194101, india Phone: +91-194-2472449 Average Price: US$ 0 per personAbout
The monastery is known for its ancient wall paintings, collections of old thangkas and murals of Mahakala. It is a home to 100 monks. The monastery also houses a school to impart training in Buddhism along with modern education. There is an old temple of Mahakala (the Gomkhang) which was built at the time of the foundation of monastery. There is a museum in the monastery that has 900-year-old collections of idols, scriptures, Chinese, Tibetan and Mongolian firearms and weapons. The Phyang monastery festival attracts large number of tourists. Dance, music and mask dance are high point of the event. The Cham dance by the lamas is quite spectacular to watch.
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