Zanskar Monastery Tour Bardan: The monastery of Bardan can be reached from Padum by trekking four hours downstream. Built on a rock, it towers high above the Tsarap Lingti Chu. The monastery belongs to the Drukpa Kagyupa order, the abbot is Stakna Rinpoche. This Zanskar monastery was founded in the 16th century. Its most important room is the Dukhang, which lies on the ground floor. The shrine on the first floor is dedicated to Maitreya, the Buddha of future ages.
Zanskar Monastery Tour Karsha: The monastery of Karsha lay to the left of the river Doda. From the Tungri Bridge, it takes four hours of trekking and three hours by the raft on the Doda, to reach it. The monk’s quarters and temples of this biggest monastery of Zanskar can be seen crawling picturesquely up on a steep mountain slope. This Zanskar monastery of belongs to the Gelukspa order and is looked after by Likir. Like in like, the abbot is a brother of the Dalai Lama. The Chamba Ling temple, which one encounters on the way to the monastery, dates back to the 11th century whereas; the Zanskar monastery itself was built in the 15th century.
Zanskar Monastery Tour Phuktal: Hiking from Padum via Bardan, Mune and Char through the right side valley of the Tsarap Lingti Chu, one reaches, after about three days, the magnificently situated monastery of Phuktal, part of which is hidden in a cave. The Zanskar monastery Phuktal founded in the middle of the 15th century belongs to the reformed Gelygpa and is, at present the home of about 60 Yellow Hat Monks. Below the large cave live the monks, village with the Nyingpa Lakhang. The cave contains the Stupa with the relics of Sherab Zangpo which is covered by several layers of lime paint.
Zanskar Monastery Tour Rangdum: Rangdum is the first Buddhist monastery one encounters on the way from Kargil to Panikar and Parkutse. From Kargil one can reach it in a seven to eight hours drive by Jeep. This Zanskar monastery stands on a hill in a mountain valley, which in that area is rather wide. The Zanskar monastery Rangdum was founded by the Gelugpa as in the early 16th century at present; over 40 monks live there under their abbot Ngari Rinpoche.
Zanskar Monastery Tour Tongde: The village of Tongde can be reached from Padum in a four to five hours hiking tour through a bare, desert like plateau. This Zanskar monastery Marpa Ling stands high above the village on the way to the Tongde Pass. The originally Red Hat Monastery was reformed in time and belongs now to the Gelugpa School. Over 50 monks of this sect are working in Tongde.
Mulbak: This monastery is situated at the National highway from Leh to Kargil and Srinagar Kashmir, Precariously perched atop 200 meter high crag; it has an imposing rock carving of Chamba, the future Buddha. On the other end of the valley is a large vertical phallus shaped rock with a monastery at its base.
The village of Mulbekh, on the way to Namika-La, has a unique sight a huge image of the Buddha carved out of rock bang on the road. The monastery here is perched on a high rock over the village and the valley, and has some prized relics.
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