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English: Sani Gompa, also known as Sani Monastery. It is a Buddhist monastery located in the Zanskar region of Ladakh, India. It is considered to be one of the oldest monasteries dating back to the 2nd century BCE.

Sani Gompa has a blend Indian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions. In the premises of monastery exists holi funerary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sani_Monastery

File:Maitreya at Sani Gompha.jpg

References:

"Buddhism in Ladakh: A Study of the Buddhist Himalayas" by John Bray, published by Oxford University Press in 2014.

"Buddhist Art in Ladakh: A Brief Overview" by Monisha Ahmed, published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1998.
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