Gompa

Tashi Thongmon Gonpa




Type of object

Gompa

Name

Tashi Thongmon Gonpa

Other names

Miru, Meroo, Sumeru

Area

Ladakh

Region

Changthang

Founder

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

School

Surroundings

Ob vznožju hriba in na nasprotnem hribu so meditacijske votline Meru.

Interior

Poškodovane poslikave

Date of creation/first use

1500

End date

1699

Role or primary purpose

Ob gradnji Hemisa postala “Mati Hemisa” oz. njegov “duh” – kipi so bili premeščeni v Hemis, tudi verjetno zaradi politične igre moči: Namgyali so tako odvzeli moč dinastiji Gyapa Jo, ki je vladala na področju Gya.

Sources and literature

Devers, Quentin. Historical Sites of Changthang. New Delhi: Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, 2019, str. 201.