Saturday, June 16, 2012

Dhankar Monastery

Dhankar मोनास्तेरी

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This monastery is located 25 km away from Kaza in the village by the same name (Dhankar). The monastery houses a statue of "Vairochana" which shows 4 complete figures of Buddha seated back to back. Also, in possession of the monastery are some Buddhist scriptures, paintings and sculptures. Around 100 lamas live in this monastery.

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