Type of object

Gompa

Name

Karsha

Other names

Karcha

Area

Zangskar

Region

Vzhodno od Paduma

Founder

Phagspa Sherab

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

Sherab Zangpo

School

Najprej kadam, nato gelug

Surroundings

V okolici ruševine gradu, čortenov in templjev iz obdobja Rinchena Zangpoja.

Interior

Relikvije Dorjeja Rinchena

Date of creation/first use

1070

End date

1099

Role or primary purpose

Sources and literature

Snellgrove, David in Skorupski, Tadeusz. The cultural heritage of Ladakh. Vol. 2: Zangskar and the cave temples of Ladakh. Warminster: Aris & Phillips LTD, 1980, str. 44. Gibbons, Bob in Pritchard-Jones, Sian. Ladakh. Land of Magical Monasteries. Varanasi: Pilgrims Publishing, 2006, str. 198. Paldan, Thupstan. A Guide to the Buddhist Monasteries and Royal Castles of Ladakh. 2019, str. 40, 41. Tashi, Neema. "Jangsem Sherab Zangpo". The Tibet Journal 46, No. 2 (2021), str. 153. Devers, Quentin. Historical Sites of Zanskar. New Delhi: Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, 2022, str. 131. Deboos, Salome. Homeland or religion? Personal identity building in Zanskar, Indian Himalayas. Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2023, str. 30.