{"id":5594,"date":"2011-02-26T22:01:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T16:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/?p=5594"},"modified":"2011-02-28T09:41:27","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T04:11:27","slug":"images-chortens-of-thiksey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/images-chortens-of-thiksey.html","title":{"rendered":"Images: Thiksey Monastery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Monastery at Thiksey is one of the places that I much like in Ladakh. Naturally I was excited when I got to know that I will be able to make another visit to the monastery during my trip to Ladakh last month.<\/p>\n<p>The place was much different last month and looked desolate, unlike my earlier visit in summer time when it was buzzing with tourists. It is a large monastery with more than hundred resident monks, but it was so empty this time that I saw no one \u00a0except a monk who showed us around. There was some change in the landscape too. The arid and brown mountains around Thiksey were dressed in fresh snow. The Indus Valley, which is one of the greenest places in Ladakh during summer months, had lost its colours to an expanse of white. Some images from visit to Thiksey last month.<\/p>\n<p>Also read my two-part <a title=\"Ladakh \u2013 Monasteries \u2013 Thiksey Gompa I\" href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/ladakh-monasteries-thiksey-gompa-i.html\">travelogue on Thiksey<\/a> from the earlier visit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5595\" title=\"thiksey monastery, ladakh\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thiksey_1.jpg\" alt=\"thiksey monastery, ladakh\" width=\"463\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The dramatic setting of Thiksey Monastery<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5596\" title=\"thiksey monastery, ladakh\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thiksey_2.jpg\" alt=\"thiksey monastery, ladakh\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thiksey_2.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thiksey_2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The monastery complex is often compared with Potala Palace in Lhasa<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5600\" title=\"thiksey monastery, ladakh\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thiksey_6.jpg\" alt=\"thiksey monastery, ladakh\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thiksey_6.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thiksey_6-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chortens and Prayer Flags (<a title=\"What is a Chorten?\" href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/ladakh-glossary-of-terms-in-buddhist-iconography.html\">?<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5599\" title=\"thiksey monastery, ladakh\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thiksey_5.jpg\" alt=\"thiksey monastery, ladakh\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thiksey_5.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thiksey_5-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5598\" title=\"thiksey monastery, ladakh\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thiksey_4.jpg\" alt=\"thiksey monastery, ladakh\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thiksey_4.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thiksey_4-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chortens, monastery, super-blue skies and a bright sun.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5597\" title=\"thiksey monastery, ladakh\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thiksey_3.jpg\" alt=\"thiksey monastery, ladakh\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thiksey_3.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/thiksey_3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The two-storey high Maitreya Buddha statue at the monastery.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prints of all the images available.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/imagegallery.paintedstork.com\/contact-print\/\">Request for prints<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Monastery at Thiksey is one of the places that I much like in Ladakh. Naturally I was excited when I got to know that I will be able to make another visit to the monastery during my trip to Ladakh last month. 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