Chemrey Monastery

Chemrey Monastery Ladakh was founded during 17th century and it is just 40km from Ladakh. Chemrey Gompa belongs to the Drugpa monastic order and was found by the Lama Tagsang Raschen and dedicated to King Sengge Namgyal. There are only 20 monks of Drugpa community residing in this monastery. Drugpa monastery was made in memory of king Sengge Namgyal. There are numerous shrines that are located in this monastery.The major attraction of Chemrey Gompa is the statue of Padmasambhava which is one story high.Chemrey monastery Ladakh also include valuable collection of scriptures.The consecutive reincarnation of Lama Tagsang Raschen have being helping as the incumbent of the chemrey monastery, since quite a long time.Chemrey Monastery contains one main assembly hall of this monastery that lies on the right side of the central courtyard and holds two images of the founder of Chemrey, Stagtshang Raspa, in his 4th and 5th incarnations. Murals of Sakyamuni (Historical Buddha) along with his two chief followers occupy the wall right behind the image of Stagtshang Raspa. Also seen in the dukhang are the paintings of two large mandalas Kalachakra and Akshobhya (the Imperturbable Buddha or the Buddha of the East) as well as twenty nine volumes of the Buddhist scriptures. These scriptures have their title pages lettering in solid silver and the text in pure gold.