🛕 Sani Monastery

India · Asia · 33.52°N, 76.78°E

Sani Monastery, Sa-ni-[tshog], is located next to the village of Sani where the Stod Valley broadens into the central plain of Zanskar in Ladakh, northern India. It is about 6 km to the northwest of the regional centre of Padum. Like Dzongkhul Monastery, it belongs to the Drukpa Kargyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, and is the only one of this order in Zanskar which has nuns. It is thought to be the oldest religious site in Ladakh and Zanskar.

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Country	India
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	33.52°N, 76.78°E · view on map

Sani Monastery is located in India, in Asia.

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