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English: Zongkhul Cave Gompa is a part of monastery located in the Zanskar region, Ladakh, India.
The Monastery belongs to Drukpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. The cave monastery is said to have been founded by the famous Buddhist master Naropa in the 11th century. The monastery is at three levels. Monastery at the entrance; then steps leading up on a hill to a cave gompa and further higher is the third gompa where Saint Naropa is believed to have meditated. References : 1. "Buddhism and the Environment: A Study of the Zanskar Region of Ladakh" by Ranjan Kumar Sinha, published in the Journal of Human Ecology in 2012. 2. "Buddhist Himalayas: People, Faith and Nature" by Olivier Föllmi, published by Thames & Hudson in 2002 3. "The Hidden Himalayas: An Anthology of Contemporary Writing" edited by Patrick French and Namita Gokhale, published by John Murray Press in 2009. |
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| Author | Prof Ranga Sai |
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