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Early modern · Buddhist · India
Shey Monastery
Shey, Leh, Ladakh · 34.0717°, 77.6328°
Shakyamuni BuddhaNamgyal—
Sacred since
1655 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1655 (Deldan Namgyal)
Namgyal
History & significance
Built in 1655 by Deldan Namgyal in memory of his father Sengge Namgyal, at Shey, which had been the summer capital of Ladakh. Its twelve-metre copper Shakyamuni, gilded with some five kilograms of gold, is the second largest such image in Ladakh.