Places To See(LEH LADAKH)
Phuktal Tour
Phuktal
monastery is like a honeycomb, cut into a rock under a gignantic grotto
and has more than 70 Monks. The library three large and one small
prayer room etc and the grave of Gangsem Sherap Sampo who founded
Phuktal. In the cave over the monastery there is a hollow in rock
the water level of which never reduces even after taking out any amount
of water from there. Water is said to have healing powers. There is
also a stone tablet left by Alexander Cosmo de Koros an Hugaraian
who explore Tibet and lived in this monastery in 1826-27.
Phugthal
is accessible from the Padum-Manali trekking route through a 7 km
long trail that branches off from the Purney Bridge on the main trail.
This unique monastic establishment is inhabited by a resident community
of about 70 monks.
Important Places in Ladakh
