Travel Writing — Ladakh

Padmasambhava & Avalokiteshvara, Sani Monastery, Zanskar

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Padmasambhava & Avalokiteshvara, Sani Monastery, Zanskar

Continuing our look around Sani monastery we find statues of Maitreya, Padmasambhava & his consorts Queen Mandarava and Yeshe Tsogyal.

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Journeys in Zanskar - Kanika Chorten at Sani Monastery

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Journeys in Zanskar - Kanika Chorten at Sani Monastery

The name Kanika implies the chorten is from the 2nd century Kushan era and named from the emperor Kanishka.

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An old Buddhist Shrine returns to the Indus River in Ladakh

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An old Buddhist Shrine returns to the Indus River in Ladakh

The old stupas and paintings were taken apart by a lama, broken up and cast into the river Indus which flows less than half a mile away.

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Padmasambhava in Zanskar

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Padmasambhava in Zanskar

Sani houses the oldest stupa in Ladakh and Zanskar and just outside the monastery is a huge Padmasambhava statue in the middle of a lake.

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Journeys in Ladakh - Auspicious Days at Photoksar

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Journeys in Ladakh - Auspicious Days at Photoksar

September 2022, Celebrations at Photoksar village when the restored monastery was inaugurated.

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