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Spituk Monastery

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•Spituk Monastery, also known as Spituk Gompa or Pethup Gompa, is a Buddhist monastery in Spituk, Leh district, Ladakh, 8 km from Leh.
•The site of Spituk was blessed by the Arhat Nyimagung.

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Spituk Monastery, also known as Spituk Gompa or Pethup Gompa, is a Buddhist monastery in Spituk, Leh district, Ladakh, 8 km from Leh.
The site of Spituk was blessed by the Arhat Nyimagung.
It was founded by Od-de, the elder brother of Lha Lama Changchub Od, when he came to Maryul in the 11th century.
He introduced the monastic community.
When Lotsewa (translator) Rinchen Zangpo came, he said that an exemplary religious community would arise there, and so the monastery was called spituk (exemplary).

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Spituk Monastery, also known as Spituk Gompa or Pethup Gompa, is a Buddhist monastery in Spituk, Leh district, Ladakh, 8 km from Leh. The site of Spituk was blessed by the Arhat Nyimagung.

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Spituk Monastery, also known as Spituk Gompa or Pethup Gompa, is a Buddhist monastery in Spituk, Leh district, Ladakh, 8 km from Leh. The site of Spituk was blessed by the Arhat Nyimagung.

It is about 5.6 km from central Leh.

The most comfortable months are January, February, March, April and May; August is the hottest, with highs around 22°C.