Diskit

Type of object

Gompa

Name

Diskit

Other names

Deskit, Galdan Tashi Chosling Gompa

Area

Ladakh

Region

Dolina Nubre

Founder

Sherab Zangpo

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

Sherab Zangpo

School

Gelug

Surroundings

V bližini še nova gompa Diskit s kipom Maitreye. Vklesane skale. Ruševine Tingang: templji, čorteni, hiše.

Interior

Mongolski in tibetanski teksti, poslikave. Hranijo tudi odrezano roko človeka, ki je prišel iz Osrednje Azije in zatrdil, da je lastnik te zemlje. Zaradi lažne izjave so mu odrezali roko

Date of creation/first use

1420

End date

1433

Role or primary purpose

Podružnična gompa Thikseya, največja gompa v Nubri z več kot 100 menihi

Sources and literature

Gibbons, Bob in Pritchard-Jones, Sian. Ladakh. Land of Magical Monasteries. Varanasi: Pilgrims Publishing, 2006, str. 193-194. Paldan, Thupstan. A Guide to the Buddhist Monasteries and Royal Castles of Ladakh. 2019, str. 40. Ahluwalia, H. P. S. Hermit Kingdom Ladakh. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1980, str. 122. Devers, Quentin. Historical Sites of Nubra. New Delhi: Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, 2022, 232. NIRLAC. Legacy of a Mountain People. Inventory of Cultural Resources of Ladakh. Volume 4, Leh, Nubra. Namgyal Institute for Research on Ladakhi Art and Culture, 2008, str. 60.