Basgo

Type of object

Gompa

Name

Basgo

Other names

Bazgo

Area

Ladakh

Region

Dolina Inda zahodno od Leha

Founder

Rinchen Zangpo

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

School

Drugpa

Surroundings

Ruševine templja in chortena, ki naj bi jih dal zgraditi Rinchen Zangpo. Eden izmed templjev je iz druge polovice 11. stoletja.

Interior

Številne poslikave, zlati kip bodhisattve Maitreje, ki ga je zgradil Sengge kot pogrebni spomenik svojemu očetu, kanonični spisi in komentarji.

Date of creation/first use

1000

End date

1599

Role or primary purpose

Spada pod upravo gompe Hemis

Sources and literature

Gibbons, Bob in Pritchard-Jones, Sian. Ladakh. Land of Magical Monasteries. Varanasi: Pilgrims Publishing, 2006, str. 157. Paldan, Thupstan. A Guide to the Buddhist Monasteries and Royal Castles of Ladakh. 2019, str. 17, 19. Rizvi, Janet. Ladakh. Crossroads of High Asia. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1996, str. 59. Ahluwalia, H. P. S. Hermit Kingdom Ladakh. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1980, str. 31. Terensko delo. Luczanits v Bray, John. Ladakhi Histories. Local And Regional Perspectives. Leiden in Boston: Brill, 2005, str. 72.