Dzongkhul Monastery

Samding Dorje Phagmo Dzongkhul Monastery or Zongkhul Gompa is located 30 km northwest of Padum in the Stod Valley of Zanskar in Ladakh, northern India.

Like the Sani Monastery, it belongs to the Drukpa school of Tibetan Buddhism Dzongkhul has traditionally been home to famous yogins.

Its foundation is attributed to Naropa (956-1041 CE), who was a celebrated Indian Buddhist yogi, mystic and monk from the renowned Vikramshila University in Bihar.

[7] It also contains a collection of religious artifacts, such as an ivory image of Samvara, a crystal stupa, and texts containing spiritual songs and biographies.

[10] The Zongkhul Huchot festival on the 16th and 17th days of the fourth Tibetan month, i.e. sbrul (Snake) or saga (vaisakha) the Buddha's birth on Vesak, but there are no masked dances.