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navigate by keyword : 127 16th ancient approximately barley blessings came capital cave century considering denma drakpa drung established first gling grains had has his invitation king known kunga ladakh lamayuru land legend leh little madhyantika monastery most named namgyal naropa now offered offering old owned palace received region saw settlement shape situated sprout such surrounding swastika tashi thar tharpaling today together used visited was water west where whole yung yungdrung

Je Tsongkhapa pictured behind a prayer wheel, located in the steps that lead to the main part of Thiksay monastery. Royalty Free Stock Photo

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Yungdrung Tharpaling (g.yung drung thar pa gling), known today as Lamayuru, is the most ancient monastery of Ladakh. Legend has it that the region where Yungdrung Tharpaling is situated today, approximately 127 km to the west of Leh, the capital of Ladakh. During the 16th century, when Denma Kunga Drakpa came to Ladakh upon invitation of King Tashi Namgyal, he was offered a little palace the king owned at Lamayuru, together with the whole surrounding land. When Denma Kunga Drakpa first visited Lamayuru, he saw the cave of Naropa and the grains of barley Madhyantika had used in his water offering, now sprout into the shape of a swastika (g.yung drung). Considering such blessings the land had received, he established a monastery and named it Yungdrung.