Kardang
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Kardang is a village in the Lahaul region of Himachal Pradesh
, India
. It is 5km away from Keylong
. It was once the capital of Lahaul and has the biggest monastery of the area, situated on the left bank of the river Bhaga
. The Drukpa Kagyu Kardang Monastery
was founded about 900 years ago and was renovated by Lama Norbu in 1912. Gozzangwa Monastery
is also nearby.
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is 5km away from Keylong
Keylong
Keylong is the administrative centre of the Lahaul and Spiti district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, some 120 kilometres from the Indo-Tibetan border....
. It was once the capital of Lahaul and has the biggest monastery of the area, situated on the left bank of the river Bhaga
Bhaga
Sanskrit is a term for "lord, patron", but also for "wealth, prosperity". The cognate term in Avestan and Old Persian is , of uncertain meaning but used in a sense in which "lord, patron" might also apply. A Slavic cognate is "god"...
. The Drukpa Kagyu Kardang Monastery
Kardang Monastery
Kardang Monastery or Gompa is a famous Drukpa Lineage monastery, and is the most important monastery the Lahaul valley, India. The associated village of Kardang was once the capital of Lahaul.The monastery is a huge white building bedecked with prayer flags...
was founded about 900 years ago and was renovated by Lama Norbu in 1912. Gozzangwa Monastery
Gozzangwa Monastery
Gozzangwa Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in the village of Khardong in Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, northern India. Pre-Christina period rock carvings are situated outside the monastery dated to around 10th or 11th century and the monastery is noted for its Chortens. Khardong Monastery...
is also nearby.