Wanla Gompa is a historic Buddhist monastery on the ridge that crowns Wanla village in Ladakh, India. Its small but impressively preserved three-storeyed Avalokitesvara temple is one of the earliest known Drigung Kagyu prayer chambers to have survived in Ladakh. Wanla is a sub-monastery of Lamayuru, which provides a caretaker monk responsible for daily rituals and for granting access to the temple.[2] The main image features Avalokitesvara in 11-headed ("Chuchigzhel") form.[3] It is 13 km southeast of Lamayuru Monastery.
Along with a 1980s side building the monastery sits within the sparse remnants of a medieval castle whose construction is mentioned in Ladakhi chronicles as being by the Ladakhi King Lhachen Ngaglug (lHa-chen Ngag-lug), i.e. probably in the 12th century. The monastery was added in the heart of the castle in the 14th century. This timing adds to academic interest in Wanla since, as some writers have described, this was "an otherwise completely obscure period of Ladakh's history between the foundation of the Alchi group of monuments, the latest of which are to be attributed to the early 13th century, and the establishment of the Ladakhi kingdom in the early 15th century".[4]
The temple is currently being restored by the Achi Association.[5]
Wanla Gompa is a historic Buddhist monastery on the ridge that crowns Wanla village in Ladakh, India. Its small but impressively preserved three-storeyed...
River (also known as the Wanla river). The WanlaMonastery is located in this village. According to the 2011 census of India, Wanla has 170 households. The...
surrounding gompas gather together to pray. The WanlaMonastery is also located nearby. List of buddhist monasteries in Ladakh Tourism in Ladakh Francke (foreword...
Kargil. Lamayuru Monastery, on Srinagar-Leh highway 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of the Fotu La and 19|km southwest of Khalsi. WanlaMonastery, subsidiary of...
Rinchen Zangpo (958–1055) in the 10th century, along with the Lamayuru Monastery, the Wanla, the Mang-gyu and the Sumda. During the tenth century, the Tibetan...
nearest airport city of Leh. On the way towards Lamayuru monastery from Leh, a road left towards Wanla leaving the main Kargil-Leh highway, which goes further...
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under-construction Bhanupli–Leh line. Hemis is well known for the Hemis monastery that was established in 1672 AD by king Sengge Namgyal. The village hosts...
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