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The stupa or chorten is the earliest Buddhist religious monument. It was originally only a simple mound made of mud or clay to cover supposed relics of the Buddha. |
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Lamayuru is a Tibetan Buddhist Gompa in Kargil District, Western Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is situated on the Srinagar - Kargil - Leh road 15km east of the the Fatu La pass, at a height of 3510m. It founded by the Indian scholar Mahasiddhacarya Naropa in the 11th century, after spending many
years meditating. Lamayuru is the largest and oldest gompa in Ladakh with a population of around 150 permanent resident monks. It has, in the past, housed up to 400 monks, many of which are now based in gompas in surrounding villages. Lamayuru is host to two yearly masked dance festivals, in the second and fifth months of the Tibetan lunar calendar, when all the monks from these surrounding gompas gather together to pray.
Jammu and Kashmir is the northern-most state of India, located mostly in the Himalayan Mountains. It shares a border with Himachal Pradesh to the south, Pakistan to the west and People's Republic of China to the north and the east. Jammu and Kashmir has three divisions: Jammu, Vale of Kashmir and Ladakh. Srinagar is its summer capital and Jammu its winter capital. The Vale of Kashmir, also known as Kashmir Valley, is popular for its beautiful mountainous landscape. Jammu attracts many Hindu and Muslim pilgrims every year. Ladakh also known as 'Little Tibet', is renowned for its remote mountain beauty and Buddhist culture, which was established as early as the 2nd century. In Jammu and Kashmir Islam is practiced by the majority of population.
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