Votlinska gompa

Dzongkhul




Type of object

Votlinska gompa

Name

Dzongkhul

Other names

Area

Zangskar

Region

Zahodno od Paduma

First yogis who meditated there

Naropa napovedal, da bo tu zgrajena gompa.

Important monks, nuns, yogis, yoginis, and other teachers who meditated there

Siddhiji: Dubchen Kunga Gyatso, Dubchen Nawang Tsering, Dzadpa Dorje, Kunga Chosleg, Lama Norbu

School

Drugpa

Surroundings

Nad gompo votlina, kjer naj bi meditiral Naropa.

Interior

Fine poslikave

Date of creation/first use

1600

End date

1699

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. 55, 57. Gibbons, Bob in Pritchard-Jones, Sian. Ladakh. Land of Magical Monasteries. Varanasi: Pilgrims Publishing, 2006, str. 200. Paldan, Thupstan. A Guide to the Buddhist Monasteries and Royal Castles of Ladakh. 2019, str. 41. Crook, John, in James Low. The Yogins of Ladakh: A Pilgrimage Among the Hermits of the Buddhist Himalayas. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2007, str. 180. Petek, Nina and Jan Ciglenečki. “Buddhism in the Himalayan Deserts: The Tradition of Yogis and Yoginis in Zangskar.” Ars & Humanitas 16 (2), 2022, str. 192. Devers, Quentin. Historical Sites of Zanskar. New Delhi: Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, 2022, str. 80.