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All Ladakh Gonpa Association

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All Ladakh Gonpa Association (ALGA) is the central organisation of the Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh, India. It aims to preserve and strengthen the monastic institutions. It was founded by the 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche in 1949 and he acted as its president for 41 years, from 1949 until 1991. In 1949, the first meeting of the great monasteries was held and ten monasteries took part. All Ladakh Gonpa Association was registered in 1959 and is run by a governing body consisting of fifteen lama members belonging to all four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. There are sixteen major monastic institutions with hundreds of monks in each monastery.[1]

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List of monasteries

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These are listed by the river valleys. These monasteries are located on the banks and mountain slopes of various rivers within Indus River system.

  • Nubra River valley:
    • Diskit Monastery, 115 km (71 mi) north of Leh.
    • Hundur Monastery, 121 km (75 mi) north of Leh, 6 km (3.7 mi) west of the Diskit Monastery and 19 km (12 mi) east of Thoise.[2]
    • Samstanling Monastery the main monastery in the valley and for viewing tall statue of Maitreya Buddha, 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Diskit Monastery and 145 km (90 mi) northwest of Leh.
    • Ensa Monastery, 61 km (38 mi) north of Diskit and 171 km (106 mi) north of Leh.
    • Turtuk Monastery, 91 km (57 mi) west of Diskit and 201 km (125 mi) north of Leh.

  • Markha River Valley, on "Nimoo-Chilling-Markha Road", these are also accessible from Leh on 56 km long Leh-Chilling road:
    • Lama Guru Monastery, 35 km southeast of Nimoo, 56 km southwest of Leh on Leh-Chilling-Markha road.
    • Skiu-Kaya, twin villages next to each other.
    • Hankar Monastery and Fort, 35–40 km east of Chilling, east of Markha.
    • Techa Monastery is one of the most important monastery in the Markha valley.[6]

  • Kharnak valley, on "Pang-Kharnak-Khurna valley Road".
    • Dhat Monastery, northwest of Pang.

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List of edicts

These are listed by the river valleys. These edicts are located in or near monasteries on the banks and mountain slopes of various rivers within Indus river system.

  • Shyok River valley:
  • Nubra River valley:
  • Indus River valley:
    • Kargil-Haknis-Leh Road, listed in order of from Kargil direction to Leh.
      • Mulbekh (also spelled "Mulbe") edict of King Bum Ide, 1430 CE, near Mulbekh Monastery and rock cut Buddha statue.[10][11]
    • Leh city: listed in order of north to south.
    • Leh-Upshi Road, listed in order of moving from Leh towards Upshi.
  • Tso Moriri area in Changthang plateau
  • Zanskar River valley:
    • Padum-Shankoo-Kargil Road, listed in order of moving from Padum towards Kargil.
    • Padum-Zangla-Lingshed Road, listed in order of moving from Padum to Lingshed.
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