Phugtal Gompa, also known as Phugtal Monastery or Phuktal Gompa, is a Buddhist monastery located in the remote Zanskar region of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The monastery is situated on the ...

G: General typical design of Tibetan Vihara with a central prayer hall with Tangka where practitioners meditate and listen to teachings. O: Observance of religious practice and meditation at a remote ...

The Likir Monastery or gompa is one of the oldest and well maintained monasteries in Ladakh district in India’s northernmost state, Jammu and Kashmir. The monastery is located in Likir village is ...

To find the true essence of the Himalaya one must travel deep inside the mountainous terrain, and explore the remote areas. One such place is the Spiti valley that with its cold desert-like terrain ...

The gompa is renowned for the statue of Avalokiteshwara Padmahari or Chenresig with a thousand arms and an equal number of heads. The Sankar Gompa is a Buddhist monastery within an easy half hour walk ...

Some 5,500 metres (18,000 feet) above sea level in the Indian Himalayas sits the Tnagyud Gompa Buddhist monastery, where snow can leave the monks in complete isolation for seven months a year. The ...

The monks of Kee Gompa monastery in Spiti, Himachal Predesh now have an eco-friendly solar bath to wash away their daily hardships — thanks to Apoorv Tiwary and his friends from across the globe.

A blunt, frosty night hugged me as I went out of the wooden cottage at Shayla, one of the beautiful tiny hamlets on the slopes of Mansiri Himal. It was 3:30 am. For all latest news, follow The Daily ...

For more than a decade, Ani Choying Drolma — a most unlikely of rock stars — has shared Buddhism's sacred chants with a growing number of fans worldwide. But she found this path almost by accident.