The Castle of Leh and the Temple of Namgyal Tsemo
Leh is the capital of Ladakh and there are many temples castles and stupas here which were built by the ancestral armarajas, Lch was first of all The capital of King Gragspa Bum-Ide who ruled over the area of Stod which included Leh from 1400 to 1430. It was he who built the "Red Chapel" containing the statue of the Buddha Maltreya, three storeys in height with statue of Avalokitesvara and Manjusri on the side, hide one storcy in height. As specch-supports he had the Sungbum Chenmo and many other sacred words written in gold and silver. As a mind-support he built, the stupa of Ti'u-Tashis Od-phro containing 108 temples inside. This "Yellow-Teu Demon" which had been harming the valley of Leh. The ruin of the stupa is known to everyone as Tisuru. Thereafter, the temple of Namgyal Tsemo was built during the lifetime of king Tashi Namgyal who ruled from 1500 to 1532.
1500 to 1532. The village of Chubi was founded by him. During the invasion of the world, many died in the battle of the world and their bodies were placed under an image of Mahakala. Their evil spirits were crushed in order to repulse further attack from the border The castle known as Lehchen Palkhar was built in 1600 by the dharmaraja Singge Namgyal. It has nine stories. The stories say that its completion took three years. In the Leh valley there is also the monastery of Sankar which was founded by Skyabsje Bakula. It is a branch monastery of Spituk Monastery. In the town of Leh there is a yellow stupa called "Mani Sermo" which was built by Rinchen Zangpo, the Translator. The temple of the Neser King is also to be seen. In the center of Leh there is the New Monastery "(Gonpa Soma), otherwise called" The Jokhang. "It was built by the Buddhist Association of Ladakh in 1957. Inside, there is a sacred image of the Buddha Shakya Muni that was brought from Tibet. The proceedings of the uddhist Association are held in this monastery by Rongo Thang was built as a memorial to Queen Skalzang Dolma by Her name is Deldan Namgyal in about the year 1635, it is five hundred thousand times in the thousands of thousands of inscriptions in the Lantsa and Tibetan characters. contain relics Tsetan Namgyal inal785 and intended as a memorial to his father King Tsewang Namgyal It is 350 paces in length.
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