Sacred monastic texts lie stacked beneath depictions of many forms of the Buddha in a fortified gompa, or monastery, where the texts are used in religious ceremonies. Each loose-leaf book ...

Development sacrifices culture, but at the end of the day, people need money.” A view of Kyanjin Gompa, close to Langtang village in the Langtangpa Valley [Kate McMahon/Al Jazeera] Today ...

JAMMULEH: In a step to achieve its aim to get the unbanked and underbanked areas to have better access to financial services the State Bank of India SBI today opened its branch in Diskit village ...

There are upwards of 100 in the region, from sprawling complexes like Diskit, which I’d visited the day before, sitting in a cloud of incense among 70 monks singing their daily sutras ...

Nubra is famous for its sand dunes and monasteries including the Diskit Gompa (above) which is the oldest and largest Buddhist monastery in the area. This new seven-district division means you have ...

Khenpo Nyima Samdrup, the abbot of Thasung Tsholing Gompa in Nepal, sat in front of a stove in the monastery's tiny kitchen, dressed in layers of maroon robes and a woollen mustard hat.

The IFSC Code of Jammu And Kashmir Bank Diskit Nobra branch is JAKA0DISKIT. The branch is located in Leh district of Jammu And Kashmir. For address and phone numbers, scroll down. Address, MICR code, ...

If you’re looking to satisfy your spiritual side though, make sure you don’t miss a visit to the Diskit Gompa, the oldest and largest monastery in Nubra Valley. Once known as the "Moonland", named for ...

Only 600 tourists visited in 2022. (Left) Bon Gompa near Ringmo and Phoksundo lake in 1993. (Right) Bon Gompa on 30 May 2023, showing virtually no change from the 1993 image with the exception of ...

The famous spots for sightseeing here are Ladakh Palace, Shanti Stupa, Thiksey Monastery, Pangong Tso and Diskit Gompa. If you are looking for a small hill station where you can enjoy sightseeing, ...