Shilatse

Type of object

Gompa

Name

Shilatse

Other names

Tsilatse, Tselaktse

Area

Zangskar

Region

Zahodno od Paduma

Founder

Important monks, nuns, yogis, yoginis, and other teachers who visited the monastery

School

Drugpa

Surroundings

Meditacijski spodmol tik pod samostanom, se ga drži. Kamnit in deloma grajen zid, ki popolna zapre spodmol in ima okno ter vhod. Noter počrnel strop in polička za oltar oz. svečke.

Interior

Date of creation/first use

1600

End date

1699

Role or primary purpose

Sources and literature

Snellgrove, David in Skorupski, Tadeusz. The cultural heritage of Ladakh. Vol. 2: Zangskar and the cave temples of Ladakh. Warminster: Aris & Phillips LTD, 1980, str. 69. Devers, Quentin. Historical Sites of Zanskar. New Delhi: Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, 2022, str. 83. Terensko delo.