Type of object

Gompa

Name

Rizong

Other names

Rhizong, Yuma Changchubling

Area

Ladakh

Region

Dolina Inda zahodno od Leha

Founder

Lama Tsultrin Nyima

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

School

Gelug

Surroundings

Votline, kjer naj bi meditiral Padmasambhava.

Interior

"Tibetanski kanon", poslikave

Date of creation/first use

1834

End date

1872

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. 119. Gibbons, Bob in Pritchard-Jones, Sian. Ladakh. Land of Magical Monasteries. Varanasi: Pilgrims Publishing, 2006, str. 174. Tsering Shakspo, Nawang. “Historical Perspectives of Nubra in Ladakh.” V Recent Research on Ladakh 3, edited volume (International Association for Ladakh Studies), 1991, str. 104.