Leh Trip Overview
Full day private excursion tour to Likir & Alchi Gompa include private vehicle with accompanied English speaking guide from Leh. Visit the beautiful monasteries, meet the Lamas and enjoy the surrounding snow clad villages. Through private customized service we will ensure you are fully soaked in the experience you dreamed. The tour will end with drop off to your hotel in Leh.
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Duration: 7 to 8 hours
Starts: Leh, India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Full day private excursion tour to Likir & Alchi Gompa include private vehicle with accompanied English speaking guide from Leh. Visit the beautiful monasteries, meet the Lamas and enjoy the surrounding snow clad villages. Through private customized service we will ensure you are fully soaked in the experience you dreamed. The tour will end with drop off to your hotel in Leh.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Likir, Likir, Leh District, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
Pick up from your hotel in Leh and drive to visit Likir & Alchi. These village surrounded by the snow-clad mighty Himalayas are known for its white beauty because it remains cloaked in the shimmering snow for a major part of the year. These village are at elevated height of 11,978 feet above the sea level, due to such gigantic height amid mountains, the terrains of villages are rocky.
Likir is the home for well-known 11th century built Likir Monastery. The monastery has two assembly halls, known as Dukhangs and the older one is located on the right of the central courtyard with six rows of seats for the lamas and a throne for the Head Lama of Likir. The Dukhangs contain statues of Bodhisattva, Amitabha, three large statues of Sakyamuni, Maitreya and Tsong Khapa, founder of the yellow-hat sect. The monastery is also a repository of old manuscripts, and has a notable thangka collection and old costumes and earthen pots. The newer Dukhang, about 200 years old is located diagonally across from the courtyard’s entrance and contains a statue of Avalokitesvara with 1000 arms and 11 heads. Bookcases stand at the statue sides, with the volumes of the Sumbum, describing the life and teachings of Tsong Khapa. The left wall has paintings of the 35 Confessional Buddhas while the right wall has an image of Sakyamuni with two of his chiefs by his side.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Alchi, Alchi, Leh District, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
After likir proceed to visit Alchi, considered to be among the most extensive examples of Buddhist art. Du-Khang is the earliest temple at Alchi, founded around the 11th century AD. There is an elaborately carved doorway with panels of tiny Bodhisattvas and guardian figures. Sum-tsek is a triple-storied temple with a carved wooden façade consisting of pillars, carved brackets, and capitals. The walls of the halls are covered with mandalas in vibrant colors, standing figures of Bodhisattvas, Manjushri (the embodiment of wisdom), Avalokiteshvara, and Maitreya Buddha. Lotsawa Lha-Khang and Manjushri Lha-Khang are two adjoining shrines that share a similar plan. The square shrine has four central columns that hold up the raised roof. Lha-Khang Soma is a structure constructed later in comparison to other shrines of Alchi. Columns that support the roof have wonderful carved brackets with lion faces. Walls of the shrine are painted with the images of Vairochana, Buddha, Bodhisattvas, and guardian figures. The doorway is decorated and protected as usual with the image of Mahakala.
After sightseeing drive back to Leh and drop off to your hotel.
Duration: 3 hours
