Shey Monastery

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title: Shey Monastery
text: Shey Monastery or Gompa and the Shey Palace complex are structures located on a hillock in Shey, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the south of Leh in Ladakh, northern India on the Leh-Manali road. Shey was the summer capital of Ladakh in the past. It contains a huge Shakyamuni Buddha statue. It is the second largest Buddha statue in Ladakh. The original palace, now in ruins, was built near the Shey village by Lhachen Palgyigon, the king of Ladakh, in the 10th century. The Moghul noble Mirza Haidar Dugh
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description: Building in India
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date modified: 2023-12-05T10:09:13Z
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