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  2. Leh Palace - Wikipedia

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    Leh Palace, also known as Lachen Palkar Palace, [1] is a former royal palace overlooking the city of Leh in Ladakh, India. [2] It was constructed circa 1600 AD by Sengge Namgyal . [ 2 ] The palace was abandoned when Dogra forces took control of Ladakh in the mid-19th century and forced the royal family to move to Stok Palace .

  3. Potala Palace - Wikipedia

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    The palace was named by the American television show Good Morning America and newspaper USA Today as one of the "New Seven Wonders". [28] The nine-storey Leh Palace in Leh, Ladakh, India, built by King Sengge Namgyal (c. 1570–1642), was a precursor of the Potala Palace.

  4. Leh - Wikipedia

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    The seat of the kingdom, Leh Palace, the former residence of the royal family of Ladakh, was built in the same style and about the same time as the Potala Palace in Tibet. [ citation needed ] Since they were both constructed in a similar style and at roughly the same time, the Potala Palace in Tibet and Leh Palace, the royal residence, are ...

  5. Ladakh - Wikipedia

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    In the 9th century, Tibet's ruler Langdarma was assassinated and Tibet fragmented. Kyide Nyimagon, Langdarma's great-grandson, fled to West Tibet c. 900 CE, and founded a new West Tibetan kingdom at the heart of the old Zhangzhung, now called Ngari in the Tibetan language. Royal drinking scene at Alchi Monastery, Ladakh, c. 1200 CE.

  6. List of Tibetan monasteries - Wikipedia

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    Drepung was historically the largest monastery in Tibet as well as the largest in the world until the annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China: Drigung: Lhasa Prefecture Kagyu: 1179, 1980s 1960s Drongtse Monastery: Tsang: Gelug Dzogchen: Kham: Nyingma: 1684 One of the six "Nyingmapa mother monasteries." Ganden: Lhasa Prefecture ...

  7. Shey Monastery - Wikipedia

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    Shey Monastery or Gompa or the Shey Palace are complex 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.

  8. Tingmosgang - Wikipedia

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    Tingmosgang is significant from an historical point of view. After the death of the Fifth Dalai Lama, the regent ruling Tibet sent the head of the Drukpa order here as an emissary, and in 1684 the Treaty of Tingmosgang, sometimes called the Treaty of Temisgam, [1] was signed between Ladakh and Tibet, ending the Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal War and demarcating the boundary between the two countries. [2]

  9. Alila Hotels and Resorts - Wikipedia

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    Following their separation from GHM, the first Alila hotel opened in Jakarta in 2001. Soon after, hotels in Manggis and Ubud also debuted. [8] The corporate headquarters were relocated from Bali to Singapore in 2004. [5] Alila established a relationship with Commune Hotels, the company behind Joie de Vivre, Thompson, and tommie, in May 2014.

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