Chemrey

Type of object

Gompa

Name

Chemrey

Other names

Chendey

Area

Ladakh

Region

Dolina Inda vzhodno od Leha

Founder

Taktsang Répa Ngakwang Gyatso. Gompa zgrajena za pridobitev zaslug za pokojnega Senngeja. Naj bi začel graditi Sennge, razširil pa Deldan v čast očetu.

Important monks, nuns, yogis, yoginis, and other teachers who visited the monastery

School

Drugpa

Surroundings

Interior

"Tibetanski kanon", številne poslikave in kipi (veliki srebrno-bakreni kip Padmasambhave)

Date of creation/first use

1644

End date

1664

Role or primary purpose

Sources and literature

Snellgrove, David in Skorupski, Tadeusz. The cultural heritage of Ladakh. Vol. 1: Central Ladakh. Warminster: Aris & Phillips LTD, 1977, str. 123. Ngawang Tsering. The Monasteries of Hemis, Chemde and Dagthag, str. 63-66. Gibbons, Bob in Pritchard-Jones, Sian. Ladakh. Land of Magical Monasteries. Varanasi: Pilgrims Publishing, 2006, str. 123. Rizvi, Janet. Ladakh. Crossroads of High Asia. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996, str. 69. Paldan, Thupstan. A Guide to the Buddhist Monasteries and Royal Castles of Ladakh. 2019, str. 35.