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Alchi Monastery

Alchi Monastery is a Buddhist temple complex beside the Indus in Ladakh, India, traditionally attributed to the translator Rinchen Zangpo but built mainly between the late 11th and early 13th centuries. Its temples, including the three-storeyed Sumtsek, keep some of the finest early wall paintings and clay sculptures in the Himalaya, in a style influenced by Kashmir. Unlike most Ladakhi monasteries it stands on the valley floor.

Alchi Monastery
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