Category:Likir Monastery

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བོད་ཡིག: ཀླུ་འཁྱིལ་དགོན་པ (wylie klu-'khyil)

(ལི་ཀིར་ / ལི་ཀྱིར)
ཀླུ་ = nāga; dragon; snake

འཁྱིལ་ = swirling; circle

the name Klu-'Khyil meaning ‘the Naga Encircled’-a myth associated with the founding of this monastery. There is a belief that two serpents, Nanda and Taksako have guarded the monastery.

This is a category about ASI monument number
N-JK-26.
English: Likir Monastery or Likir Gompa (Klud-kyil) is a Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, northern India, located approximately 52 kilometres (32 mi) west of Leh.
<nowiki>Samostan Likir; リキルゴンパ; Likir Gompa; ലിഖിർ; Likir; लिकिर मठ; లికిర్ మొనాస్టరి; Mosteiro de Likir; Likir Monastery; Likir; Ликир-Гомпа; budistični samostan v Indiji; インド、ラダックの仏教寺院; bâtiment en Inde; mosteiro budista tibetano no Ladaque, Índia; Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, India; Likir Gompa; Likir; リキル僧院; Gompa de Likir; Gompa de Klu-Kkhjil; Mosteiro de Klu-Kkhjil; Likir Gompa; Klu-Kkhjil Gompa; Klu-Kkhjil Monastery; Ликир Гомпа</nowiki>
Likir Monastery 
Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, India
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LocationLeh district, Ladakh, India
Maintained by
  • Archaeological Survey of India, Leh mini circle
Heritage designation
Inception
  • 1065
Map34° 10′ 48″ N, 77° 09′ 00″ E
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